towards midnight of the twelfth ; and the spectroscope , to which he had at once resorted , indicatedindicatea mass of flamingflamegas , chiefly hydrogen , movingmovewith an enormous velocity towards this earth .
In the centre of this enchanted garden Madame Nilsson , in white cashmere slashed with pale blue satin , a reticule dangling from a blue girdle , and large yellow braids carefully disposed on each side of her muslin chemisette , listenedlistenwith downcast eyes to M. Capoul 's impassioned wooingwoo, and affected a guileless incomprehension of his designs whenever , by wordwordor glanceglance, he persuasively indicatedindicatethe ground floor window of the neat brick villa projecting obliquely from the right wing .
With hardly a word spoken , but with a kindly eye , he wavedwaveme to an armchair , threwthrowacross his case of cigars , and indicatedindicatea spirit case and a gasogene in the corner .