Knowing she would not be allowed to keep the child much longer , the woman kissedkisshim again ; and she passedpassher hand down his body till she camecometo his feet ; she heldholdthe right foot in her hand and feltfeelthe five small toes ; and then slowly passedpassher hand over the left one .
And invisible to me because it was so remote and small , flyingflyswiftly and steadily towards me across that incredible distance , drawingdrawnearer every minute by so many thousands of miles , camecomethe Thing they were sendingsendus , the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth .
When he camecomeback with the spikes , Alexandra askedaskhim what he had done with his overcoat .
He dieddiea year afterwards , and , as I have saidsay, six months before I camecomeinto the world .
My father had often hinted that she seldom conducted herself like any ordinary Christian ; and now , instead of ringing the bell , she camecomeand lookedlookin at that identical window , pressingpressthe end of her nose against the glass to that extent , that my poor dear mother used to say it became perfectly flat and white in a moment .
She camecomedown in the July , and in the September expected her third baby .
The boy camecomeback , bitterly disappointed , for his twopence , then wentgooff without a word .
At about half-past six her son camecomehome , tired now , rather pale , and somewhat wretched .
Towards the close of the eighteenth century and not long before my father camecometo Paleham , he had takentakea farm of about ninety acres , thus making a considerable rise in life .
We leftleavein pretty good time , and camecomeafter nightfall to Klausenburgh .
Miss Cowley leftleavethe delights ( and drudgeries ) of her home life early in the war and camecomeup to London , where she enteredenteran officers ’ hospital .
The isinglass sides of the hard-coal burner were aglow , and the air in the study was so hot that as he camecomein the doctor openedopenthe door into his little operating-room , where there was no stove .
As she thoughtthinkof the delight of filling the important post of only daughter in Helstone parsonage , pieces of the conversationconversationout of the next room camecomeupon her ears .
Yes , I had to realize that I had been spoilt even for the good time when it camecome.
Goinggodown the steps I openedopenit myself , and in camecomemy old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good , RN .
“ Why , my dear , you must know , Mrs. Long sayssaythat Netherfield is takentakeby a young man of large fortune from the north of England ; that he camecomedown on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place , and was so much delighted with it , that he agreedagreewith Mr. Morris immediately ; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas , and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week . ”
I feared nothing but interruption , and that camecometoo soon .
Habitually obedient to John , I camecomeup to his chair : he spent some three minutes in thrustingthrustout his tongue at me as far as he could without damaging the roots : I knew he would soon strike , and while dreading the blow , I musedmuseon the disgusting and ugly appearance of him who would presently deal it .
We camecomeafter a while to a sort of marshy lake , very big , so that the circling forest looked quite low and dim across it .
In a little time I feltfeelsomething alive movingmoveon my left leg , which advancingadvancegently forward over my breast , camecomealmost up to my chin ; when , bendingbendmy eyes downwards as much as I could , I perceivedperceiveit to be a human creature not six inches high , with a bow and arrow in his hands , and a quiver at his back .
But I should have mentioned , that before the principal person began his orationoration, he criedcryout three times , _ Langro dehul san _ ( these words and the former were afterwards repeatedrepeatand explainedexplainto me ) ; whereupon , immediately , about fifty of the inhabitants camecomeand cutcutthe strings that fastened the left side of my head , which gave me the liberty of turningturnit to the right , and of observingobservethe person and gesturegestureof him that was to speak .
At this moment Robert ( who rises at seven and works before breakfast ) camecomein .
But when Halsey had finishedfinishhis electrical course and Gertrude her boarding-school , and both camecomehome to stay , things were suddenly changedchange.
The winter Gertrude camecomeout was nothing but a succession of sitting up late at night to bring her home from things , taking her to the dressmakers between naps the next day , and discouraging ineligible youths with either more money than brains , or more brains than money .
I have the usual scruples about coercing people 's servants away , but few of us have any conscience regarding institutions or corporations -- witness the way we beat railroads and street-car companies when we can -- so I calledcallup the club , and about eight o'clock Thomas Johnson camecometo see me .
That camecomeout -- she could n’t tell her story without its coming out .
When the church camecometo itself , -- for he was so sudden and strong that he made it gogohead over heels before me , and I sawseethe steeple under my feet , -- when the church camecometo itself , I say , I was seated on a high tombstone , trembling while he ateeatthe bread ravenously .
When the church camecometo itself , -- for he was so sudden and strong that he made it gogohead over heels before me , and I sawseethe steeple under my feet , -- when the church camecometo itself , I say , I was seated on a high tombstone , trembling while he ateeatthe bread ravenously .