...burnt dimly in the large room, in the furthest corner of which sat Clement, buried in an arm chair, his elbows on his knees, and his face hidden in his hands. " Herr von Walldorf ?'' said Faustina indignantly. He roused himself, and gazed upon her with a perplexed...

...burnt dimly in the large room, in the furthest corner of which sat Clement, buried in an arm chair, his elbows on his knees, and his face hidden in his hands. " Herr von Walldorf ?'' said Faustina indignantly. He roused himself, and gazed upon her with a perplexed...

...milk in the closet, which I placed there for your supper." Hartley said nothing, but he sat down with his elbows on his knees, and his face hidden in his hands. " Light the lamp, my son, I can see no longer." He arose and did so. Placed a chair at the table for...

...keep the scared creature company for a bit," she said to her husband, who sat by the kitchen-fire with his elbows on his knees and his face hidden in his hands, brooding over those bygone days when he had been wont to fetch the dead man from that commercial academy...

...chimneypiece, replaced the gun, and sat down once more before the fire, with his feet on the fender, his elbows on his knees, and his face hidden in his hands. Herr von Volterchoker watched him for a minute or so as he sat in this attitude before the fire, and...

...feel quite sick." The road just there was bounded by a low wall, and on this Victor dropped down. With his elbows on his knees, and his face hidden in his hands, he rocked himself to and fro ; great drops started out upon his forehead. And all the while Stansfield...

...aspect and soft of heart, stealthily wiping her tears as if ashamed of them; Uncle Dawne sitting with his elbows on his knees and his face hidden in his hands; and Dr. Galbraith standing beside the bed looking down on the marble calm of the dead with a face as...

...He flung himself on the sofa and turned his face to the wall, muttering invectives, blasphemies,—a confused furious arraignment of the finite and the...strange figure in the dull light. She was clad in a long grey dressing-gown, her hair uncurled, red rims round her eyes and dark streaks under them, her mouth...

...ferns by the stream, when, at the angle where the two paths meet, I came suddenly upon Willy. with his elbows on his knees, and his face hidden in his hands. " Willy!" I cried, starting forward, " where have you been ? what is the matter ? Are you ill ? " He...

...keep the scared creature company for a bit," she said to her husband, who sat by the kitchen-fire with his elbows on his knees and his face hidden in his hands, brooding over those bygone days when he had been wont to fetch the dead man from that commercial academy...