, and triedtryto look sulky , and then we all tooktakeour seats at the table , in obedience to the thrice-repeated summonssummonof Rose .
There were doors all round the hall , but they were all locked ; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other , tryingtryevery door , she walkedwalksadly down the middle , wonderingwonderhow she was ever to get out again .
, with a final burstburstof love triumphant , as she pressedpressthe dishevelled daisy to her lips and liftedlifther large eyes to the sophisticated countenance of the little brown Faust-Capoul , who was vainly tryingtry, in a tight purple velvet doublet and plumed cap , to look as pure and true as his artless victim .
They triedtryall they could to find out who she was and where she came from , and , all about her , but neither Mrs. Wilson , with her pertinacious and impertinent home-thrusts , nor Miss Wilson , with her skilful manoeuvring , could manage to elicit a single satisfactory answer , or even a casual remark , or chance expression calculated to allay their curiosity , or throw the faintest ray of light upon her history , circumstances , or connections .
And she triedtryto fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out , for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing .
It was some utter nonsense ; some adventureadventureout there in the water , and they both triedtryto relate it at once .
But there was one , and I could seeseeTerry , with compass and notebook , markingmarkdirections and tryingtryto place landmarks .
The stars were shining , and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful ; and I heardhearan owl , away off , who-whooing about somebody that was dead , and a whippowill and a dog cryingcryabout somebody that was going to die ; and the windwindwas tryingtryto whisper something to me , and I could n't make out what it was , and so it made the cold shiversshiverrun over me .
A clergyman in search of the Cooper Institute he once directeddirectto the Tombs Prison , and , followingfollowhim unobserved , was highly delighteddelightwhen the unsuspicious stranger walkedwalkup the front steps of the great stone building on Centre Street , and triedtryto obtain admission .
The hare triedtryto get through the fence ; it was too thick , and she turnedturnsharp round to make for the road , but it was too late ; the dogs were upon her with their wild criescry; we heardhearone shriekshriek, and that was the endendof her .
Then the little Margaret had hushedhushher sobssob, and triedtryto lie quiet as if asleep , for fearfearof making her father unhappy by her grief , which she dared not express before her aunt , and which she rather thought it was wrong to feel at all after the long hoping , and planning , and contriving they had gone through at home , before her wardrobe could be arranged so as to suit her grander circumstances , and before papa could leave his parish to come up to London , even for a few days .
( and she triedtryto curtsey as she spokespeak-- fancy CURTSEYING as you ’re falling through the air !
I therefore triedtryto raise her up , and saidsay, as gravely as I could , that I thanked her , but my duty was imperative , and that I must go .
Then I setsetdown in a chair by the window and triedtryto think of something cheerful , but it war n't no use .
However , on the second time round , she camecomeupon a low curtain she had not noticed before , and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high : she triedtrythe little golden key in the lock , and to her great delight it fittedfit!
They wentgointo the parlour my mother had comecomefrom , the firefirein the best room on the other side of the passage not being lighted -- not having been lighted , indeed , since my father ’s funeralfuneral; and when they were both seatedseat, and Miss Betsey said nothing , my mother , after vainly tryingtryto restrain herself , began to crycry.
The big fellow , who was known among his mates as Black Michael , triedtryhis leg gingerly , and , findingfindthat it bore his weight , turnedturnto Clayton with a wordwordof gruff thanks .
He was no good at sums , but he triedtryhis best so that York might not lose .
He pokedpokehis alpenstock , lance-fashion , into Winterbourne ’s bench and triedtryto crack the lump of sugar with his teeth .
And yet , only this afternoon , talkingtalkover the whole matter she saidsayto me : " Once I triedtryto have a lover but I was so sick at the heart , so utterly worn out that I had to sendsendhim away . "
While I was still vainly tryingtryto establish order , I heardheara frightful yellingyellon the other side of the courtyard , and at once ranruntowards the criescry, in dreaddreadof finding some new outbreak of the pillage in that direction .
I drewdrawthe blankets over my head and triedtryto think of Christmas .
I am not given to needless worrying , but the more I triedtryto convince myself that all was well with Powell , and that the dots I had seen on his trail were antelope or wild horses , the less I was able to assure myself .
She was in such evident distress that I triedtryto comfort her , but without effect .
First , she triedtryto look down and make out what she was coming to , but it was too dark to see anything ; then she lookedlookat the sides of the well , and noticednoticethat they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves ; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs .
Dale 's gazegazesweptsweepup and down the valley , and then triedtryto pierce the black shadows across the brook where the wall of spruce stood up , its speared and spiked crest against the pale clouds .