It was the coachman's fault, Jervis said, who allowed the horses to make a step forward when Lady Mary was getting out, and kept her exposed, standing on the step of the carriage, while he pulled them up; and it was Jervis's fault, the footman said, who was not clever enough to get her lady out, or even to throw a shawl round her when she perceived how the weather had changed.

It was so cold that the small wood stove did not sufficiently heat the room, and she had wrapped the shawl about her that Linnet used to wear to school when Mr. Holmes taught.

Even one thing which she had thought nothing about, which had not struck her as having any significance, now took on its meaningthe gray shawl which the old gentleman so constantly wore swathed round his body, enveloping the whole of it except his right arm.

Close-cut white hair showed under an old-fashioned peaked cap; he wore a plaid shawl swathed round him, his left arm being enveloped in its folds; his right rested in the arm of his companion, who was taller than he, lean and loose-built, clad in an almost white (and very unseasonable looking) suit of some homespun material.

She drew back the shawl that covered her child, with a faint, far-off gleam of pride in her eyes.

" Linnet pulled at the fringe of her white shawl; Will Rheid had brought that shawl from Ireland a year ago.

I went into the deserted room, put down the window-sash that he had left open, laid more wood upon the dying embers, caught up Miss Axtell's shawl, and, throwing it over my head, started down the stairs.

"We spread a shawl on the ground, and laid our provisions upon it.

Fanny declines explaining, but blushes instead, and asks Miss Lavinia where she got that darling shawl, which is really a perfect love of a thing; and so, with smiles from Redbud, the conversation continues until dinner-time, when the Squire makes his appearance, and after kissing Miss Redbud, affects to take Miss Fanny by the elbows and bump her head against the ceiling, baby-fashion.

She pulled the old shawl closely round her, and set a brisk pace back to the Sisters' House.

He treated her to cider and cake, bought her a silk shawl, and then, thinking she had guessed his purpose, offered to see her home.

Next he contrived a way, with a piece of string, for keeping the door shut, and as that would not hold it close enough, hung a shawl over it to keep the draught outall which proceeding Willie watched.

However, to tell the truth, they don't cheat me for my trouble: one gives me the material for a dress, another a fringed shawl, another makes up a cap for you, and here and there you'll get a gold piece, and here and there something betterjust what the job deserves and they're able to pay.

" But Koogah, shoving Nam-Bok clear of the beach, tore the shawl from her shoulders and flung it into the bidarka.

She was walking around the room, picking up a shawl here, a lace there; for she was always prepared against draughts.

IN PAYING VISITS OF FRIENDSHIP, it will not be so necessary to be guided by etiquette as in paying visits of ceremony; and if a lady be pressed by her friend to remove her shawl and bonnet, it can be done if it will not interfere with her subsequent arrangements.

" "Oh! put on your bonnet, and tie your shawl round your neck, and, believe me, you will be warm enough.

" "Well, you needn't talk about that just now," said Mrs. Carstairs, as she shook out an old shawl.

" She sprang up, snatching a heavy black shawl, throwing it over her and clutching it closed at the throat.

He fetched her shawl, and took her hand again in his, knowing that by so doing he made her happy.

During the enactment of this part of the programme a gaily-dressed young female, sporting a Paisley shawl, ear-rings, a chignon, a small bonnet, and the other accoutrements of modern fashion, dropped in, and also took the sacrament.

He was carrying my shawl at the time; and he wrapped it about my shoulders in the tenderest manner as he said this, and made love to me all the evening to console me.

On opening it, we found a white Cashmere shawl, with a very brief note from the dear old gentleman opposite, saying that he had kept this some years, thinking he might want it, and many more, not knowing what to do with it,that he had never seen it unfolded since he was a young super-cargo,and now, if she would spread it on her shoulders, it would make him feel young to look at it.

"How quiet you are!" said Gerald, folding a soft shawl smoothly over the top of a tray.

Marjorie flew away, Linnet arose slowly, gathering her shawl about her, and passed through the entry up to her own chamber.