When they enteredenter, the old man arosearisefrom his seat , and shakingshakeBlakeney by the hand with great cordiality , offeredofferTemple his chair ; and there being but three in the room , seatedseathimself on the side of his little bed with evident composure .
Nannie receivedreceiveus in the hall ; and , as it would have been unseemly to have shouted at her , my aunt shookshakehands with her for all .
“ Darn me if I could n't eat em , ” saidsaythe man , with a threatening shakeshakeof his head , “ and if I ha n't half a mind to ' t ! ”
Some saidsayMarner must have been in a " fitfit" , a word which seemed to explain things otherwise incredible ; but the argumentative Mr. Macey , clerk of the parish , shookshakehis head , and askedaskif anybody was ever known to go off in a fit and not fall down .
She shookshakeher head , unable to speak , and the tearstearrolled down her cheeks .
It appeared that he understood me well enough , for he shookshakehis head by way of disapprobation , and heldholdhis hand in a posturepostureto showshowthat I must be carried as a prisoner .
This view of Marner 's personality was not without another ground than his pale face and unexampled eyes ; for Jem Rodney , the mole-catcher , averredaverthat one evening as he was returningreturnhomeward , he sawseeSilas Marner leaning against a stile with a heavy bag on his back , instead of resting the bag on the stile as a man in his senses would have done ; and that , on comingcomeup to him , he sawseethat Marner 's eyes were set like a dead man 's , and he spokespeakto him , and shookshakehim , and his limbs were stiff , and his hands clutchedclutchthe bag as if they 'd been made of iron ; but just as he had mademakeup his mind that the weaver was dead , he camecomeall right again , like , as you might say , in the winking of an eye , and saidsay" Good-night " , and walkedwalkoff .
He jumpedjumpout of the box , shookshakehimself , pickedpickout one or two straws that had foundfindtheir way into rents in his clothes , and , drawingdrawa well-worn cap over his uncombed locks , he was all ready for the business of the day .
He drewdrawout his bridle and shookshakeit into shape , and the silver mountings and the reins of braided leather with horsehair tassels made Happy Jack 's eyes greedy with desire .
But I am afraid I do n't , " and Meg shookshakeher head , as she thoughtthinkregretfully of all the pretty things she wanted .
Then at the door of the castle the rector had shakenshakehands with his father and mother , his soutane flutteringflutterin the breezebreeze, and the car had drivendriveoff with his father and mother on it .
Stephen Dedalus , displeased and sleepy , leanedleanhis arms on the top of the staircase and lookedlookcoldly at the shakingshakegurglinggurgleface that blessedblesshim , equine in its length , and at the light untonsured hair , grained and hued like pale oak .
Shakingshakeoff from my spirit what must have been a dream , I scannedscanmore narrowly the real aspect of the building .
The case , I may mention , was that of an apparitionapparitionin just such an old house as had gathered us for the occasion -- an appearanceappearance, of a dreadful kind , to a little boy sleeping in the room with his mother and wakingwakeher up in the terrorterrorof it ; wakingwakeher not to dissipate his dread and soothe him to sleep again , but to encounter also , herself , before she had succeeded in doing so , the same sight that had shakenshakehim .
I did n't need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck , so I was scared and most shookshakethe clothes off of me .