him 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 .
He appeared to be of a middle age , and taller than any of the other three who attendedattendhim , whereof one was a page that heldholdup his train , and seemed to be somewhat longer than my middle finger ; the other two stood one on each side to supportsupporthim .
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 .
I know exactly the kind of family conference that has been heldholdabout the Pendleton fireside .
THE TURN OF THE SCREW The story had heldholdus , round the firefire, sufficiently breathlessbreathless, but except the obvious remarkremarkthat it was gruesome , as , on Christmas Eve in an old house , a strange tale should essentially be , I rememberrememberno comment uttered till somebody happened to saysaythat it was the only case he had metmeetin which such a visitationvisitationhad fallen on a child .
I earnestly expressedexpressmy hope that he would n't , and heldholdtighter to the tombstone on which he had putputme ; partly , to keep myself upon it ; partly , to keep myself from crying .
Then , he heldholdme by the arms , in an upright position on the top of the stone , and wentgoon in these fearful terms : -- “ You bring me , to-morrow morning early , that file and them wittles .
After the young woman in the glass cage had heldholdup to him across her counter the pale-pink leaflet bearing his friend 's name , which she neatly pronouncedpronounce, he turnedturnaway to find himself , in the hall , facingfacea lady who metmeethis eyes as with an intention suddenly determined , and whose features -- not freshly young , not markedly fine , but on happy terms with each other -- camecomeback to him as from a recent vision .
Rody Kickham heldholdthe ball by its greasy lace .
He heldholdout his hand , as usual , and saidsay, “ Good morning . ”
He graspedgraspthe prongs of the fork and heldholdthem before him with the end standing straight out , and then he began to walkwalkalong the stream bed .
She heldholdup her hands , strong , shapely hands , and surveyedsurveythem critically , drawingdrawup her fawn sleeves above the wrists .
He heldholda white cloth -- it was a serviette he had broughtbringwith him -- over the lower part of his face , so that his mouth and jaws were completely hidden , and that was the reason of his muffled voice .