She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she playedplayin chapel .
She playedplayon the piano the sailor 's hornpipe for him to dance .
Perhaps a fifth part of her mind was thus occupied , and the remaining parts leaptleaptover the little barrier of day which interposed between Monday morning and this rather subdued moment , and playedplaywith the things one does voluntarily and normally in the daylight .
It was n't till after he had spokenspeakthat he became awareawareof how much there had been in him of response ; when the tone of her own rejoinderrejoinder, as well as the playplayof something more in her face -- something more , that is , than its apparently usual restless light -- seemed to notify him .
She contentedcontentherself by leaningleanback in her chair , merely playingplaywith the food on her plate , and looking grave and absent ; while all around her were enjoyingenjoythe motsmotof Mr. Grey , the gentleman who always took the bottom of the table at Mrs. Shaw 's dinner parties , and asked Edith to give them some music in the drawing-room .
He playedplayconstantly with a little green stone attached to his watch-chain , thus displayingdisplaylong and very sensitive fingers , and had a habit of moving his head hither and thither very quickly without altering the position of his large and rather corpulent body , so that he seemed to be providing himself incessantly with food for amusement and reflection with the least possible expenditure of energy .
He was playingplaywith a little Bohemian girl , Marie Tovesky , who was tyingtieher handkerchief over the kitten 's head for a bonnet .
Two young girls , the Farival twins , were playingplaya duet from “ Zampa ” upon the piano .