that she was making a flower-bed , and she stuckstickbig scarlet hibiscus blossoms into little heaps of earth , all the time growing more and more angryangryand mutteringmutterto herself the things she would say and the names she would call Saidie when she returned .
The arbutus was fragrantfragrantin the woods under the dead leaves , and on the way from the station , a short mile , while the car stuckstickin the mud , I foundfinda bank showeredshowerwith tiny forget-me-nots .
Whereupon I once more thoughtthinkof attempting to break my bonds ; but again , when I felt the smartsmartof their arrows upon my face and hands , which were all in blistersblister, and many of the darts still stickingstickin them , and observingobservelikewise that the number of my enemies increasedincrease, I gave tokenstokento let them know that they might do with me what they pleased .
All the time he stuckstickclose to her , bristling with a small boy 's pride of her .