These visits were angelic in their extreme rarity, and for Sylvia were always a mixture of the beatific and the distressing.

How angelic of you!' 'Don't be in such a hurry, dear.

A mother who never scolded, who told no tales, who petted black sheep when they were bruised and torn or stained entirely through their own wickedness, who could always be depended on for kisses and bonbons and fairy-tales, seemed more angelic than human to poor little Sarah; whose own mother was wrapt up in her two irreproachable sons, and had small affection to spare for an ugly, tiresome little girl.

There was something angelic about them both, even in this life,a natural innocence and large beneficence and equanimity which, in the chance and contradiction of life, could rarely be found in wedded state.

The nurse smiled as if it were the best joke, in a mild way, in the world, and answered Ida's further questions while she administered beef tea with an air of pride and satisfaction which made her plain and homely face seem angelic to Ida.

What will you do?" "Never mind," he said, his voice tender, his blue-black eyes full of love, his whole face angelic with affection.