sideways up and gave a long slow whistlewhistleof call , then pausedpauseawhile in rapt attentionattention, his even white teeth glistening here and there with gold points .
When he pausedpauseby the clerk 's desk on his way out , to lightlighthis cigar , the day clerk , who had just come on duty , glancedglanceat the register and readreadthe last entry : -- " ' JOHN WARWICK , CLARENCE , SOUTH CAROLINA . '
John Linden pausedpausesadly , then resumedresume: " If he had died , I might , as you say , have become reconciled ; but he was abductedabductat the age of four by a revengeful servant whom I had dischargeddischargefrom my employment .
The young lady pausedpausein front of his bench , near the parapet of the garden , which overlooked the lake .
He putputon his hat , and , pausingpauseby the bed-side on his way to the door , addedadd, ' She was a good-looking girl , too ; where did she come from ? '
Before passing the threshold , I pausedpauseto admireadmirea quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front , and especially about the principal door ; above which , among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys , I detecteddetectthe date ' 1500 , ' and the name ' Hareton Earnshaw . '
She pausedpausewhile our friend tooktakein these things , and it was as if a good deal of talk had already passed .
‘ It ’s time you should be doing something else , Fergus , ’ saidsayI , as soon as a momentary pausepausein his narrationnarrationallowed me to get in a word .
Its pendulum swungswingto and fro with a dull , heavy , monotonous clangclang; and when the minute-hand mademakethe circuit of the face , and the hour was to be stricken , there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a soundsoundwhich was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical , but of so peculiar a note and emphasis that , at each lapse of an hour , the musicians of the orchestra were constrainedconstrainto pausepause, momentarily , in their performanceperformance, to harkenharkento the soundsound; and thus the waltzers perforce ceasedceasetheir evolutionsevolution; and there was a brief disconcertdisconcertof the whole gay company ; and , while the chimes of the clock yet rangrang, it was observedobservethat the giddiest grew palepale, and the more aged and sedate passedpasstheir hands over their brows as if in confused revery or meditation .
They had been talkingtalkabout wedding dresses , and wedding ceremonies ; and Captain Lennox , and what he had told Edith about her future life at Corfu , where his regiment was stationed ; and the difficulty of keeping a piano in good tune ( a difficulty which Edith seemed to consider as one of the most formidable that could befall her in her married life ) , and what gowns she should want in the visits to Scotland , which would immediately succeed her marriage ; but the whisperedwhispertone had latterly become more drowsydrowsy; and Margaret , after a pausepauseof a few minutes , foundfind, as she fancied , that in spite of the buzzbuzzin the next room , Edith had rolledrollherself up into a soft ball of muslin and ribbon , and silken curls , and gone off into a peaceful little after-dinner napnap.