High mass, which was listened to with great reverence by every one, began immediately after the entrance of the court, and after this was concluded the imperial pair proceeded to their carriage, presenting the crowd, who were waiting in the church, their hands to kiss as they went along.

Soon after my arrival, I went one morning upon the esplanade of the town for the purpose of seeing the great number of Parsees {227} who, as I had read, assembled themselves there waiting for the first rays of the sun, on the appearance of which, as if at a given signal, they throw themselves on the ground, and raise a loud cry of joy.

She stood waiting on the doorstep till a carriage was called.

At times he would nod his head in approval and go on listening with the air of a man watching and waiting his opportunity.

At the Inauguration Ball, all were waiting the arrival of the Presidential party.

She saw Alan leave his place by the window where he had been moodily lounging, saw him come toward her, taller than any man in the room, distinguisheda king among the rest, it seemed to Tony, waiting, longing for his coming?

Johnson was waiting for me to be ready.

There's a lassie in that wee hoose Waiting patiently for me.

How many were waiting, as I had waited, until they, too,they, too, might come to France, and cast themselves down, as I had done, upon some brown mound, sacred in their thoughts?

I was still silent, and when we reached the road again, and the waiting cars, I turned, and looked back, long and sorrowfully, at that tiny hill, and the grave it sheltered.

Their lovers were not able to leave their business to make the long voyage, and were waiting for them in Bombay, Calcutta or in some of the other cities.

Lord Curzon is attended by a staff of ministers, secretaries and aids, like a king, and Lady Curzon has her ladies-in-waiting, secretaries and aids, like a queen.

The ladies pass up two flights of stairs into waiting-rooms in the third story of the palace, pursuing a rather circuitous course over about half the building, guided by velvet barriers and railings, and at each comer stands an aide-de-camp or a gentleman-in-waiting, to answer inquiries and give directions to strangers.

The ladies pass up two flights of stairs into waiting-rooms in the third story of the palace, pursuing a rather circuitous course over about half the building, guided by velvet barriers and railings, and at each comer stands an aide-de-camp or a gentleman-in-waiting, to answer inquiries and give directions to strangers.

After entering the room each lady hands a card upon which her name is written to the gentleman-in-waiting, and, as she approaches the throne he pronounces it slowly and distinctly.

I have half the country to ride over to beat up my recruits;" and without waiting another word from his friend, Edward ran across the meadow, snatched up his hat from where the faithful dog was carefully guarding it, sprang upon his pony, and then once again leaping the ditch, he cantered off at a pace so rapid, he was soon lost to Marten's sight.

Scores of thousands of men may be packed away waiting motionless for the word, more thousands may be pouring slowly up the communication ways, and still more thousands standing ready a mile or two behind the lines; and yet to any eye looking from the enemy's side the country is empty and still, and bare of life as a swept barn.

Then it was a matter of temporary relief at the nearest pharmacy, of waiting until Pougeot, summoned by telephone, could arrive with all haste in an automobile.

" The audience was like a powder mine waiting for a spark.

Haltingly, on his cane, Coquenil made his way to an adjoining room where De Heidelmann-Bruck was waiting under guard.

[Illustration: THE JAGUAR WAITING FOR HIS PREY.

They are like things secretly and terribly alive, waiting the tiny gesture which will set them free.

The next stage (7) is the Hospital Ship, specially fitted out, waiting in the harbour for its complement.

For in each soul shone the blessed thought, The vision fair of a little cot, Nestled beneath the lilac spray, Waiting the blissful bridal day! Low bowed in tearful silence there, Their hearts rose up in solemn prayer, And still the mellow lustre fell Over the banks of the blue Moselle.

All things seem waiting as to hear good news.