"Reassuringly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The security's all right, too, if you take a gun," said Steve reassuringly. "You might get a long term, but it can be avoided with luck and good management. I think the parties concerned will hardly ...
— The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On • Eugene Manlove Rhodes
... reassuringly. "I won't touch you, M'rice. I made up with you yesterday afternoon—don't you remember? You're all ...
— Penrod • Booth Tarkington
... "They will make no attempt on your life, Mr. Edestone," he added reassuringly, "except as a last resort; but they are determined to have your secret. They prefer to get it with your co-operation and assent. If not, they want it anyhow. Finally, they stand ready to accomplish its destruction and your own rather than permit ...
— L. P. M. - The End of the Great War • J. Stewart Barney
... cried reassuringly. "I am going to introduce you to Fischko right away as Ury Shemansky, provided he ain't so shikker when I get back that he wouldn't ...
— Elkan Lubliner, American • Montague Glass
... her that but a few moments elapsed before she followed him, but he had gone. Then she saw that the rain had ceased and that the clouds were breaking. His cheerful whistle sounded reassuringly from the barn, and a little later he drove up ...
— He Fell in Love with His Wife • Edward P. Roe
... which came from Mrs. Dodd's room were reassuringly suggestive of sleep. Hastily, he slipped another letter under her door, then made his way cautiously to the kitchen. The missive intended for Mrs. Smithers was left on the door-mat outside, for, as Mr. Bradford well knew, the ears of ...
— At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern • Myrtle Reed
... I have something to say which is not exactly fitted for the ears of servants." Then, as he pushed his chair suddenly back, I added reassuringly: "It is not a police matter, sir, but an entirely personal one. It may strike you as important, and it may not. Mr. Jeffrey, I was the man who made the unhappy discovery in the Moore mansion, which has plunged this ...
— The Filigree Ball • Anna Katharine Green
... we have to miss things at one end or the other. Perhaps you are as well satisfied with your own doings, now, as you'd have been with a farm," said Mrs. Ericson reassuringly. ...
— A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays • Willa Cather
... carry himself as if the wind of his fortune were rising—and I watched him with a solicitude that usually ended in a joke. He was a tall fresh-coloured youth, with a candid circular countenance and a love of cigarettes, horses and boats which had not been sacrificed to more strenuous studies. He was reassuringly natural, in a supercivilised age, and I soon made up my mind that the formula of his character was in the clearing of the inward scene by his so preordained lack of imagination. If he was serene this was still further simplifying. ...
— Louisa Pallant • Henry James
... a rapid glance at the constable. Sapt nodded reassuringly. Bernenstein sheathed his sword and gave his arm to the king. They passed through the door, and Bernenstein closed it with a backward push of his hand. But at this moment Rischenheim, goaded to fury and desperate at the trick played on him—seeing, ...
— Rupert of Hentzau - From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim: The Sequel to - The Prisoner of Zenda • Anthony Hope
... said the superintendent reassuringly. "You know young Mr. Neale well enough. This lady is Mr. Horbury's niece—anxious to find him. That gentleman's a friend of mine—you can say aught you like before him. Well, ma'am!—you think ...
— The Chestermarke Instinct • J. S. Fletcher
... circumstance is equally singular. As Freeman was pacing the deck and talking reassuringly to his crew his foot struck a small, grimy, metallic object lying on the deck. He picked it up and discovered that it, too, bore the odor of burned powder. When he had cleaned it he was amazed to ...
— The Ape, the Idiot & Other People • W. C. Morrow
... with a lantern in one hand and a carbine in the crook of her arm. In the dark, somewhere over toward the highway, but in the direction of the river, the sound of a man running over the ploughed ground might be heard as he stumbled and grunted and panted in fear. She shook her head reassuringly as the men from the town came into the radius of the light from her lantern, and as they stepped on the hard clean-swept earth of her ...
— A Certain Rich Man • William Allen White
... paddle, Garth hastened back to the mouth of the creek, pausing only to wave his hat reassuringly at Natalie, whom he could see reclining on her grassy couch. An essential part of his plan was yet to be effected; and he knew not how soon Rina might return. Hastily ransacking the cabin, he gathered together all their meagre rations; flour, sugar, beans, tea and pork; and he likewise ...
— Two on the Trail - A Story of the Far Northwest • Hulbert Footner
... began to cry at his wife. The midwife was bustling about him; shaking the crying child in the air. She spoke to him reassuringly, but he heard nothing—he could not turn his eyes away from the frightful face of his wife. Her lips were moving, and he heard words spoken in a low voice, but could not understand them. Sitting on the edge of the ...
— Foma Gordyeff - (The Man Who Was Afraid) • Maxim Gorky
... time' I said reassuringly, as I looked at my watch. 'It is now seven-thirty. We will reckon the time from now, with overtime at time and a half. But if I am to do anything for you I must have some idea ...
— Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels • Stephen Leacock
... very heart of the herd the din was terrific. It was almost dizzying in its effect. I paused and smiled reassuringly at Maud, for I had recovered my equanimity sooner than she. I could see that she was still badly frightened. She came close to ...
— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London
... fluttering her pulse and taking her breath. At sight of the three men, apparently in council, she crept toward them, holding out her hands before her like one groping his way. "What—what is it?" She looked from Atherton's face to her father's; the old man stopped, and tried to smile reassuringly; he tried to speak; Atherton ...
— A Modern Instance • William Dean Howells
... Well," he laughed, reassuringly, "it frightened me at first. But for the thought of ...
— The Westcotes • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... 'do you feel up to giving wishes to-day, because we very much want an extra besides the regular one? The extra's a very little one,' he added reassuringly. ...
— Five Children and It • E. Nesbit
... to her reassuringly, holding her hands—most of the time, in fact, for the country was a sparsely populated one, with his arm around her waist. And then suddenly she seemed to lose her new-found content. Her cheeks were suddenly white. ...
— The Moving Finger • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... Frank remarked reassuringly. "By this time they're well on their way to Flagstaff. Here, Havasupai, as you call yourself; we don't mean to do you any harm, even if you did play us a mean trick when you tried to ...
— The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon - or The Hermit of the Cave • James Carson
... you have done him very serious injury," said the doctor, reassuringly; "but you ought to take warning by this. You will promise now, won't you, that there shall be ...
— The Cryptogram - A Novel • James De Mille
... was falling we took refuge in a tumble-down hut which had probably been a cowherd's. We soon saw that it was a poor shelter, and when a woman came along and looked straight at us, we began to get gooseflesh! She actually smiled at us, and we tried to smile back reassuringly, but I am afraid there was a lack of mirth in our smiles ...
— Three Times and Out • Nellie L. McClung
... patted the hand in his reassuringly; he tried his best to pat it in the old, big-brother way. "You've had an awfully trying day—most women would be in their rooms having hysteria ...
— The Primrose Ring • Ruth Sawyer
... clear, warm night, but the stars seemed unusually little and remote because of the aeroplanes, each trailing a searchlight, that drove hither and thither across the blue. One great beam seemed to rest on the king for a moment as he came out of the palace; then instantly and reassuringly it had swept away. But while they were still in the palace gardens another found them and ...
— The World Set Free • Herbert George Wells
... visitors were as intimate with David's father as country neighbors usually are in a small vine-growing township. The doctor looked at the dying man, felt his pulse, and examined his tongue; then he looked at the miller's wife, and smiled reassuringly. ...
— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac
... tragedy had shocked her. She reeled and the world swam dizzily before her. Again she saw Ferguson dart forward, but she steadied herself and smiled reassuringly. ...
— The Two-Gun Man • Charles Alden Seltzer
... Andrews, reassuringly, as he leaped into the cab; "we have been running ahead of schedule time. But hurry up; there's lots of work before us!" In the next minute the Northerners were once ...
— Chasing an Iron Horse - Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War • Edward Robins
... paper and girt about with a broad red ribbon sealed upon his back to represent "Diploma." Silently and intent upon his duty he walked straight to the Suckling in her log crib, bent over her, crooned to her reassuringly a second, lifted her in his white arms and backed off behind a tall laurel bush with her nodding in delight over his shoulder. The boy was so beautiful and the little scene so tender that the entire audience caught ...
— The Heart's Kingdom • Maria Thompson Daviess
... so scared!" she said reassuringly. "I can see the horse now. It's the old bay from Falla. Sit up and you'll see it, too." Slipping her hand under Jan's neck she raised him to a sitting posture. Through the elder bushes at the edge of the road a horse could be seen running wildly in the direction of Ruffluck. "Don't ...
— The Emperor of Portugalia • Selma Lagerlof
... leading another horse, with couple of large saddle-bags, pick, and short-handled shovel, on its back. He points to these and mounts his horse. Jess smiles gratefully, then looks grave again. He reaches down and just touches her reassuringly on the shoulder. Then he rides quickly away, leading the second horse, while Jess watches him for a moment, and then ...
— Writing the Photoplay • J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds
... as he wrapped the robe about his master's knees. "Did you ever heah tell er sech doin's!" then, as he mounted the box, he leaned down and called out reassuringly, "Don' you min', Ole Marster, we'll des loose de dawgs on 'em, dat's w'at we'll do," and they rolled off indignantly, leaving the Governor half angry and half ...
— The Battle Ground • Ellen Glasgow
... said softly and reassuringly; "I'm Dan Kerry, son of Chief Inspector Kerry. Can I ...
— Tales of Chinatown • Sax Rohmer
... read, but which had greatly increased their alarm. Then, when the men of the Surete came. ... Ah! they had no cause to doubt that they were men of the Surete! ... their clothes, their speech, their appearance ... figure to yourself, even their uniforms! They spoke so nicely, so reassuringly. The Leridans were so thankful to see them! Then they made themselves happy in the two rooms below, and for additional safety the Lannoy child was brought down from its attic and put to sleep in the one room with the men of ...
— The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy
... laughter of the soldiery. Evidently there was yet hope. When they come to see the cross, and the nails, then they will understand, and then.... What then? He catches sight of the panic-stricken Thomas in passing, and for some reason or other reassuringly nods to him; he overtakes Jesus being led to execution. The walking is difficult, small stones roll under the feet, and suddenly Judas feels that he is tired. He gives himself up wholly to the trouble of deciding where best to plant his feet, he looks dully around, and sees Mary Magdalene ...
— The Crushed Flower and Other Stories • Leonid Andreyev
... empty, Beatrice," he told her quietly. He heard her sob, and he smiled a little, reassuringly. "Never mind—and pray for a good voyage," he advised. "We're ...
— The Sky Line of Spruce • Edison Marshall
... door opened and a gentleman came out, a little man, boyish in the back, with the eager face of those who live too quickly. But it was not at him that Tommy pointed reassuringly; it was at the monster church key, half of which protruded from his tail pocket and waggled as he moved, like the hilt ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 • Charles Dudley Warner
... said reassuringly. "You must not talk like that, Rosie. Cheer up! You're too young to talk about dying. Think what I've been through,—and I'm still alive! I'll run over tomorrow,—or next day,—and try to cheer you up a bit, little girl. So long. I've got ...
— Quill's Window • George Barr McCutcheon
... the Italian, reassuringly. "Now, drop, and we not hurt you. No danger. In two, three, four hour we put down ladder and let you up. Keep you here little ...
— The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip - "Making Good" as Young Experts • Victor G. Durham
... with all his solitary eye, as though he knew that we were discussing him. Suddenly he broke out in agonized accents, his hands clasped, and a face so full of fear that every moment I expected to see him on his knees. But Raffles answered kindly, reassuringly, I could tell from his tone, and then turned to ...
— Raffles - Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman • E. W. Hornung
... hand, as if in protest against the dreaded answer, went out to the arm of his chair. His own met and covered it reassuringly. ...
— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... doesn't care about her," said Miss Dolly reassuringly. "It's the money, you know. He hadn't a farthing of his own. Now he'll be ...
— Dolly Dialogues • Anthony Hope
... not trust herself to speak again. And having placed her in the car, Monte Irvin sat beside her, reclaiming her hand and grasping it reassuringly and sympathetically throughout the short drive. They parted ...
— Dope • Sax Rohmer
... and leave all to my discretion," said Van Berg, reassuringly; "and, by the way, you might limp a little more ...
— A Face Illumined • E. P. Roe
... I understood, and I dare not tell you how much my opinion has risen because I would say more than would be good for you or for me," I answered reassuringly. ...
— The Touchstone of Fortune • Charles Major
... took one of Ford's hand and patted it reassuringly, "she got the notion that I must marry Frank, when he came home. I tried to reason her out of that, and it only made her worse. It grew on her, and I got so I couldn't bear to write any more letters, ...
— The Uphill Climb • B. M. Bower
... medical corps came to the door and looked out. He smiled reassuringly at Martin Howe. "He's not violent any more. And we'll ...
— One Man's Initiation—1917 • John Dos Passos
... fine, that he should stay dead and possess his crown of glory in Heaven, which was reassuringly remote, and that my mother should stop crying. So I slipped my ...
— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al
... destroy herself. He also saw the woman herself, when brought before the police justice. She had seen twenty-five years, but in evil she seemed old indeed. According to her story, she was a daughter of the uritans.] To Mildred he said, reassuringly, "Don't be afraid; you're as safe as if you were ...
— Without a Home • E. P. Roe
... Owen. 'Besides,' he added, reassuringly, 'even if I do get a little wet, we always have a fire there, ...
— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell
... our friend from Palace Mansions," said the Greek. He squeezed Soames' arm, reassuringly. "Your new principal, Soames, Mr. Ho-Pin, from whom ...
— The Yellow Claw • Sax Rohmer
... official copies off the entire document), the little officer with much bowing and scraping leads the way back to the ferry. My explanation that I am bound in the other direction elicits sundry additional bobbings of the head and soothing utterances and smiles, but he points reassuringly to the ferry. Arriving at the river, the little officer is dumbfounded to discover that I have no sampan—that I am not travelling by boat, but overland on the bicycle. Such a possibility had never entered his head; ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. - From Teheran To Yokohama • Thomas Stevens
... view over the lake. She now turned her head sharply, with an inscrutable expression in her dark grey eyes, and, walking across to her father, linked her arm in his. He bent down and whispered a few rapid words into her ear. Her mother patted her on the shoulder reassuringly. ...
— A harum-scarum schoolgirl • Angela Brazil
... Dermot reassuringly, "you needn't be afraid. They won't follow. We'd create rather too much of a sensation if we arrived at your bungalow at the head of ...
— The Elephant God • Gordon Casserly
... had thought it would become a cause of harm to her, she would have refused to swallow it. I will go to the King myself and tell him how despisable you are." She stamped her foot at the united ministry of the Kingdom as she turned her back upon its representatives to speak reassuringly to her mistress. ...
— The Ward of King Canute • Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
... reassuringly. He had begun to speak and, though apparently engaged with the beer-glass he was ...
— Somewhere in France • Richard Harding Davis
... with him after that, sitting very quietly, speaking softly, in the subdued way that had developed from her youthful buoyance, always quick to smile reassuringly and adoringly when he looked at her, always ready to look hopefully to the sunny slopes when his ...
— Sunny Slopes • Ethel Hueston
... thirty or forty thousand dollars," he said reassuringly, as he filled his pail with water and they began to return. "We can do a great deal of good with that. Endowments, for instance," ...
— The Hunted Woman • James Oliver Curwood
... so broken and despondent that he replied reassuringly: "Perhaps it would be better that I should find another hiding-place for you, until I can dispose of that carcass, so that it will not draw dogs after the wolves, and men after them. Besides, your friend the sheriff will probably remember the bear when he remembers anything, and try to get on ...
— Frontier Stories • Bret Harte
... other people's," rejoined Sara reassuringly. "She runs them just as she runs everything else, on lines of combined perfection and informality! The lunch will be the production of a French chef, and the company a few carefully ...
— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler
... for the farmyard," Plunkett replied, reassuringly to Lady Harriet, "to keep the house and stable clean, you know. And you," to Nancy, "are to do ...
— Operas Every Child Should Know - Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces • Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
... if he does, you need fear nothing," Mr. Cutler returned, reassuringly; "you shall have my protection, and should Mr. Hamblin make his appearance before we sail and try to create a disturbance, we will just hand the young man over to the authorities. The only thing I regret in connection with him," the gentleman concluded, with a twinkle in his eye, ...
— True Love's Reward • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
... probably never again be treated to an excitement similar to this one," smiled Mr. Hazen reassuringly. "Didn't you hear them say that it was the bursting of the Melton reservoir which was largely responsible for this catastrophe? Mr. Fernald declared all along that this was no ordinary freshet. He has seen the river every spring for nearly forty ...
— Ted and the Telephone • Sara Ware Bassett
... for a time, all ears and peering eyes. Outside was a scampering and rustling, and for a moment he repented of his enterprise. A short "miaow," a spitting, and a rush into silence, spoke reassuringly of cats. His courage grew. He stood up. Every one was abed, it seemed. So easy is it to commit a burglary, if one is so minded. He was glad he had put it to the test. He determined to take some petty trophy, just to prove his freedom from any abject fear of ...
— Twelve Stories and a Dream • H. G. Wells
... reassuringly. "It is only Esteban— DONA ISABEL! STOP!" Esteban sprang forward, shouting at the top of his voice, for at the sound of his name Isabel had abruptly swerved to her right, a movement which brought her dangerously close to the lip of ...
— Rainbow's End • Rex Beach
... that was quite as large as his own, and caressed it reassuringly. "I don't think there is the slightest danger, Ellen, dear, but I am convinced I must attend you to-morrow. I shall feel better to ...
— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch
... rested in full sight of the grist-mill above us, where the road curved west. The mill-wheel was turning; a man came to the window overlooking the stream and stood gazing at us, and I waved my hand at him reassuringly, ...
— The Reckoning • Robert W. Chambers
... cause for alarm, I think," said Sam, reassuringly. "I think I know how to manage it, and ...
— Captain Sam - The Boy Scouts of 1814 • George Cary Eggleston
... a table at which she had been writing. She just slipped the folded notes into my hand. He wasn't looking; it was while he was going back to the carriage." "Oh," said Adelaide reassuringly, "I take care of it for him!" The dear practical soul thought my agitation, for I confess I was agitated, referred to the employment of the money. Her disclosure made me for a moment muse violently, and I dare say that during that moment I wondered if anything else ...
— The Coxon Fund • Henry James
... replied reassuringly. 'We don't trouble authors with the rough work. They stroll in and put on the polish. Won't ...
— Ghetto Comedies • Israel Zangwill
... "No, no!" answered Lorimer reassuringly. "It is nothing serious, really, upon my honor! Your father's all right,—so is Phil,—our lively friend Pierre is the victim. The fact is, we've had some trouble with Sigurd. I can't think what has come to the boy! He ...
— Thelma • Marie Corelli
... is it?" whispered Sissy to Kate. And Kate shook her head reassuringly, and waved her in. She couldn't answer audibly, for Dr. Murchison was tuning up his sweet old violin, while Maude Bryne-Stivers offered to accompany him ...
— The Madigans • Miriam Michelson
... said Nevill reassuringly, Miss Ray having already broken this hard fact to the Scotch ...
— The Golden Silence • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... her guard could cry out, a softly-rolled, silk handkerchief was thrust between her lips and skillfully tied in place. She struggled desperately; but, against the powerful arms of her captor, her splendid, young strength was useless. As he bound her hands, the man spoke reassuringly; "Don't fight, Miss. I'm not going to hurt you. I've got to do this; but I'll be as easy as I can. It will do you no good ...
— The Eyes of the World • Harold Bell Wright
... Sam, reassuringly. And then, as the two men walked toward the door: "Oh, I don't say that letter there'll do any harm, V.V. Maybe a little stirring 'em up's just ...
— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison
... the promoter explained how greatly his lordship had changed, they unanimously appointed him chairman. It was passingly suggested that his lordship's growing evil reputation might prejudice the concern in the eyes of the public; but the promoter, who knew the public well, reassuringly explained that investors were so hopelessly idiotic that a board composed entirely of burglars would not prevent their investing so long as the prospectus contained sufficiently impossible promises of profit; so the ghost of Lord Pimblekin officiated as chairman and assisted ...
— The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 - An Illustrated Monthly • Various
... said Tommy reassuringly. "From the looks of those batteries they haven't much fight left. I'll bet a hardtack against a prune we haul off ...
— A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" • Russell Doubleday
... "Not at all," reassuringly answered Mr. Dryland. "I can honestly say that you are deserving of the very highest—er—admiration and esteem. Miss Clibborn, I have loved you in secret almost ever since I came to the parish. The moment I saw you I felt an affinity between us. Our tastes are so similar; we both ...
— The Hero • William Somerset Maugham
... can take on Ulster afterwards," said James reassuringly. "Now we'll see what submarines can ...
— The Dark Tower • Phyllis Bottome
... shall see me like that," he said, reassuringly. "I often wear the kuftan at night upon ...
— Bella Donna - A Novel • Robert Hichens
... and Willy Jones grasped it, then let it drop and muttered something. He looked with helpless adoration at Abby, who put her hand through his arm reassuringly. ...
— The Portion of Labor • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
... said his chum, reassuringly. "The danger will come, if it does at all, later on, when we have more trouble keeping the fire going. So after we get this supper down we shall have to gather fuel. It may not be quite so nice to go after it when we see a line of ...
— The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing - Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics • John Luther Langworthy
... she had called me 'Jack,' and I needed no second invitation. I proceeded to save her, in the usual way, by holding her to my heart and kissing her lovely hair reassuringly ...
— A Cathedral Courtship • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... to reserve judgment. Particularly since he noted a touch of similarity between the high head and the glorious lines of El Sangre and the young pride and strength of Terry himself. There was something reassuringly clean and frank about both horse and rider, and ...
— Black Jack • Max Brand
... I called to her reassuringly, but it did no good. Then I climbed up on a chair set on top of a table, and observed her over the transom. She had her wardrobe tied in a bundle all ready for the fire which she assured me was certain ...
— The Van Dwellers - A Strenuous Quest for a Home • Albert Bigelow Paine
... answer, which was in a low voice and came, he conjectured, from Aunt "Ca'line"; but the gruff voice subsided, and there was the sound of footsteps going out of the room. A tap came on the preacher's door, and he opened it to the old woman. She smiled reassuringly. ...
— Americans All - Stories of American Life of To-Day • Various
... to be right here," Penrod answered reassuringly. "He won't kick or anything, and it isn't goin' to take you half a second to slip around behind him to the ...
— Penrod and Sam • Booth Tarkington
... reassuringly into Billy's anxious eyes. "Delia said she'd just been up, and the little chap ...
— Miss Billy Married • Eleanor H. Porter
... Mrs. Wiggs, smiling reassuringly. Her tone might have been less confident, but for Jim's warning glance. Every fiber of his sensitive nature shrank ...
— Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch • Alice Caldwell Hegan
... Danvers said, reassuringly. But he acted upon the hint and, taking his hand away, came around and ...
— The Great God Success • John Graham (David Graham Phillips)
... door that admitted to the staircase and glanced down. No one was visible, and no sound was audible. I turned, nodded reassuringly to the Princess, and descended. The saloon was empty, and there were no signs of any struggle. I passed along the passage towards the officers' quarters, but everything was in order; and finally retraced ...
— Hurricane Island • H. B. Marriott Watson
... am surprised at you being so nervous, dear," replied the mother, kissing Freda reassuringly. "I never felt less nervous. In fact, I think now things will soon be righted. Good-bye, dear. And have a ...
— The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay - The Secret of the Red Oar • Margaret Penrose
... she said reassuringly. "She's one of those single-hearted, untemperamental women. They concentrate. They have ...
— The Grain Of Dust - A Novel • David Graham Phillips
... till late in the afternoon, so we can sleep all we want to in the morning. All the packing is done," said Jessie, reassuringly. ...
— Lucile Triumphant • Elizabeth M. Duffield
... right again," she said reassuringly. "I've been listening to what Uncle told you. Go ahead and prepare your explosive, Bruce. I'll do what I can for Uncle while ...
— Astounding Stories, May, 1931 • Various
... you, Hope," he said reassuringly, and she stopped in her flight to the hall door. "I'll take Carolina and Randolph in to see the Senator, and we'll tell him Mr. Haines is here. Perhaps we had better tell the Senator," Norton suggested, beckoning to ...
— A Gentleman from Mississippi • Thomas A. Wise
... pale hand reassuringly, inclined himself affectionately, but Mr. Carteret was not easily soothed. He had practised lucidity all his life, had expected it of others and had never given his assent to an indistinct proposition. ...
— The Tragic Muse • Henry James
... alarm you, my dear," answered the major, reassuringly. "It is only a token of some jollification among our Indian friends: a war dance, or a scalp dance, or the advent among them of a new lot of wretched captives, or something of that kind. I remember ...
— At War with Pontiac - The Totem of the Bear • Kirk Munroe and J. Finnemore
... space Dennis feared that he had offended. A shade of depression darkened the lovely features before him, but his companion looked into his apprehensive eyes reassuringly as she ...
— The Flaw in the Sapphire • Charles M. Snyder
... to shrink away, saying, "Oh I can't!" when she remembered that Tom once called her a coward. Here was a chance to prove that she was n't; besides, poor Tom had no one else to help him; so she came up to the sofa where he lay, and nodded reassuringly, as she put a soft little hand on either side of the ...
— An Old-fashioned Girl • Louisa May Alcott
... said, reassuringly, while he wondered if the protecting darkness were also to envelop Captain Cloherty, R.A.M.C. He thought, ...
— Mount Music • E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross
... years, but another twenty," Hobotov said reassuringly. "It's all right, all right, colleague; don't lose heart. . . . Don't go ...
— The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... a more demure part, acquitted herself well. The camera clicked on, Russ turning the handle steadily. He nodded reassuringly at Ruth when ...
— The Moving Picture Girls - First Appearances in Photo Dramas • Laura Lee Hope
... reassuringly, as the rentier began to lift the one knee and slippered foot which was drawn up on the couch and the hand which hung out of sight across a ...
— The Grandissimes • George Washington Cable
... figure vanishing in the obscurity almost immediately, as Oscar's had done. Then the two girls were alone. Shout after shout rang reassuringly back to them, and they screamed back theirs in reply. True, Dick's shouts were farther away each time, but no screams followed; then there came a break, and they heard nothing. Very, very much ...
— The Heiress of Wyvern Court • Emilie Searchfield
... anguish, will not Senta herself speak a word for me?" She applies herself then to quiet and comfort such evident suffering; he is after all flesh-and-blood and close at hand, the other a dream. Her sentiments besides are not very clear even to herself. "Do you doubt my heart?" she asks reassuringly; "Do you doubt that it is full of kindness toward you? What is it, tell me, makes you so unhappy? What suspicion darkens your mind?"—"Oh, your father's heart is set upon riches. And you, Senta, how should I count upon you? Do you ever grant one of my requests? Do you not ...
— The Wagnerian Romances • Gertrude Hall
... smothered a laugh and said that was one way of putting it. I clapped him reassuringly on the shoulder and said, "Forget it, sir. I promise to be godly, sober and industrious—but is there any law against enjoying what ...
— The Planet Savers • Marion Zimmer Bradley
... they'll be all right," said Benjamin reassuringly. "They were late starting. They may find ...
— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... do much but take his money and clothes, and maybe beg for a ride," said Van reassuringly. "They'll see he isn't fit ...
— The Furnace of Gold • Philip Verrill Mighels
... no face there; the very thought of Rob Dow raises him before you," Gavin answered reassuringly, though Rob was nearer at that moment than ...
— The Little Minister • J.M. Barrie
... it for play," Swan said reassuringly. "They don't hurt you. The fence is between, and they don't ...
— The Quirt • B.M. Bower
... on the hill toward the house. "Hi! now's de charnce ter fix dat ar bizness!" and he made his preparations. Shortly before midnight he crept like a cat under the overseer's window. The heavy snoring rose and fell reassuringly, sweet as music to Chunk's ears. Not so the angry, restless growling of the savage bloodhound chained within. "But you doan kotch me dis yere time fer all yer fuss, Marse Grip," the negro muttered. "I done hab yer brekfus' ready fer yer! Dat'll settle ...
— Miss Lou • E. P. Roe
... passing kind. His sculpture is lacking in repose and looks wild and ill-mannered in the presence of the older things. Homer Martin's appeal, in two big landscapes on the same wall, may not be very immediate, but a serious contemplation of these big and noble landscapes will make them reassuringly sympathetic. Martin's pictures are not exhibition pictures. They suffer in an exhibition which is after all as much of a specimen show of conflicting varieties as a display of canned goods in the Food Palace. Martin, ...
— The Galleries of the Exposition • Eugen Neuhaus
... all, Miss," answered Mrs. Larry reassuringly. "Do you think I'd tell him what the party was for? What does the poor man know about christenings? and him, God help him, a haythen of a Jew. Make your mind easy, Miss; it'll just be a party to him. No ...
— Little Citizens • Myra Kelly
... reassuringly; "'twon't be no bother. I know him as well as I do you—call each other by our given names. Guess I was the first man he sent for last spring. He knows I go through all them river towns. He says, 'Bije, you ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... of the carriage Phoebe looked at David. The appealing wistfulness of her face touched him. He patted her arm reassuringly and whispered to her, "Don't you worry. It'll come out all right. Mother Bab ...
— Patchwork - A Story of 'The Plain People' • Anna Balmer Myers
... answered, "any time. If you come in about four, I'll give you a cup of tea into the bargain. Though you don't deserve it!" After an instant, she added reassuringly: "Of course I know business is business with you. But I'm glad I've told you the real truth about your precious Mr Herbert Calvert, all ...
— The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns • Arnold Bennett
... patrol seemed to suggest something ominous to Keekie Joe, for he glanced furtively up and down the alley, and then waved his hand reassuringly to the group in the ...
— Pee-Wee Harris Adrift • Percy Keese Fitzhugh
... Nels smiled reassuringly at Madeline, but he did not speak to her. Monty took her canteen and filled it at the spring and hung it over the pommel of her saddle. He put a couple of biscuits ...
— The Light of Western Stars • Zane Grey
... blocks more." I tried to speak reassuringly. Then I ventured on something which I had wanted to do ever since we left the tavern, but which my mother-in-law's dislike of being aided ...
— Revelations of a Wife - The Story of a Honeymoon • Adele Garrison
... felt as if his heart had stopped beating for a moment and then begun again with slow and suffocating throbs. Perhaps Ydo saw or guessed something of his emotion, for she again repeated reassuringly: "It will be all right now within a few hours. ...
— The Silver Butterfly • Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
... my dear Monsignor," said the priest reassuringly. "Now follow me: bow to any one who salutes you; but don't ...
— Dawn of All • Robert Hugh Benson
... his way straight to where his wife was standing. Taking no notice of her, he addressed the girl standing by her side. "Is this Rose," he said—"Rose Otway?" and taking her hand gripped it hard. "He's borne the journey very well," he said quickly, reassuringly; and then, at last, he looked at his wife. She was gazing at him with imploring, anxious eyes. "Well," he said impatiently, "well, my dear, what is it you want to ...
— Good Old Anna • Marie Belloc Lowndes
... her to him reassuringly. "But the boatman sleeps down at the village; and who else should come here ...
— The Choice - 1916 • Edith Wharton
... Cabinet, the interior of which is visible and vacant; behind the barrier which, separates the Stage from the Audience stands Mlle. SCINTILLA, a young lady in a crimson silk blouse and a dark skirt, who if not precisely a Modern Helen, is distinctly attractive and reassuringly material. ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, August 27, 1892 • Various
... reassuringly as he could, but as she sat nervously before us, I could see that she was in ...
— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve
... this brought up, of Dunraven without a Christmas, threw such a shadow over Phronsie's face, that Polly hastened to say reassuringly: ...
— Five Little Peppers Grown Up • Margaret Sidney
... doesn't know!" said the King; of that he was quite certain. "We are sure to hear from her in the course of the day," he continued reassuringly, "meanwhile we shall have to ...
— King John of Jingalo - The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties • Laurence Housman
... tu'n yo' head-hankcher, Sis Tempy," said Uncle Remus, reassuringly, "en ef dat aint do no good den you kin whirl ...
— Nights With Uncle Remus - Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation • Joel Chandler Harris
... here," I said reassuringly, "after she has once brought in the lamp. I am supposed to be working, and ...
— The Lowest Rung - Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy • Mary Cholmondeley
... reassuringly; "you go back to the hotel now and send those guards here on a run. I'll make a charge against him and have him locked up until after we sail to-night. Hurry, please; ...
— The King's Jackal • Richard Harding Davis
... catch us, dear," Elsie said, reassuringly, though she was not feeling very easy about it herself. It was only now that she began really to feel what a terrible time they had lived through in those last two days, and what unknown horrors they had escaped from. Duncan's words filled her with ...
— Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
... Chet, patting her shoulder reassuringly. "You know Dad says worry is a waste of time, because everything will all be the same ...
— Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance - The Queer Homestead at Cherry Corners • Janet D. Wheeler
... this way. Look," he continued, taking the lantern from Harkutt's hand and casting its rays on the stream, "that's salt drift from the upper bay, and part of Tasajara Creek's running by your house now! Don't be alarmed," he added reassuringly, glancing at the staring storekeeper. "You're all right here; this is only the overflow and will find ...
— A First Family of Tasajara • Bret Harte
... as it looks from here," said my companion reassuringly, "but we 've got no time to spare either," and she hurried on, leading the way with a fine sort of spirit in her step; and presently we struck into the old Indian footpath, which could be plainly seen across the long-unploughed turf of the pastures, and followed it among the thick, low-growing spruces. ...
— The Queen's Twin and Other Stories • Sarah Orne Jewett
... better about it when we have had a day or two with the pheasants, Middleton," he said reassuringly. "You have not changed much, Loveybond," he added, turning to the man who had fallen a little into the background, very stiff and uncomfortable in ...
— The Great Impersonation • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... Chris in a low tone; "but he's strong, strong as anything! I guess there couldn't much hurt him, could there?" he smiled reassuringly. ...
— Polly of Lady Gay Cottage • Emma C. Dowd
... side. There was something suggesting filial protection in her attitude. Sargent smiled up at her, reassuringly. ...
— Mystery Ranch • Arthur Chapman
... most anxious for her well-being. The island housewife produced another dish, smiled reassuringly, and said, "Manioc—bom," repeating the phrase several times. The compound looked appetizing, and Iris ate a little. She discovered at once that it was tapioca, but her new acquaintance suggested "cassava" as an alternative. The ...
— The Stowaway Girl • Louis Tracy
... she could have seen anything," I answered, reassuringly. "I should have heard her if she had come any nearer, and the trunk was only open for a second ...
— The Gates of Chance • Van Tassel Sutphen
... Sue carried a garment of ministerial black. This she now unfolded and spread, the better to hide the boy crouching closest at her back. "Oh, yes, mother dear," she admitted reassuringly. "Yes." ...
— Apron-Strings • Eleanor Gates
... me the sun! The sun!! The Sun!!!" She shivered and shut the book with emphasis and threw it on a near-by chair. She spoke brightly, reassuringly. "I'm sure she's devoted to you, dear. You are the best of friends, and that's enough ...
— Play the Game! • Ruth Comfort Mitchell
... said the officer, quietly, reassuringly. "Get cool. Tell me how Lisetta looks and is dressed, and if we can not find her here, I will take you up to ...
— Mae Madden • Mary Murdoch Mason
... Vivian," Virginia said, reassuringly, as she urged Pedro up the steep trail. "We'd just as soon ride back as not, and I wouldn't have you lose the watch for the world. Of course the ranger would keep it safe for us, but there's no knowing when we could get away up here ...
— Virginia of Elk Creek Valley • Mary Ellen Chase
... latter were clad in garments of llama cloth and boots and belts of leather, and they wore caps of cloth with back and ear flaps. They followed one another in single file, walking slowly and yawning as they walked, like men who have been up all night. There was something so reassuringly prosperous and respectable in their bearing that after a moment's hesitation Nunez stood forward as conspicuously as possible upon his rock, and gave vent to a mighty shout that ...
— The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories • H. G. Wells
... that Mr. Edward has any ambition to be President, Jim," I answered, reassuringly. "You need have ...
— Uncle Rutherford's Nieces - A Story for Girls • Joanna H. Mathews
... about that," responded his man-servant, reassuringly. "Old Doc. Williams uster say he'd make kindlin' wood o' me, when I didn't hustle round, but it never fizzed on me." He hung himself over the window-sill with a sigh of satisfaction, and gazed admiringly at ...
— Treasure Valley • Marian Keith
... turning suddenly, recognized in spite of the darkness, the tramp who had attempted to rob him during the day. He paused, uncertain whether he was not going to be attacked, but the tramp laughed reassuringly. ...
— The Store Boy • Horatio Alger, Jr.
... is all aglow with glee, As around that romping-place At a terrifying pace Lungeth, plungeth he! And that hero seems to be All unconscious of our cheers— Only one dear voice he hears Calling reassuringly: "All-Aloney!" ...
— Love-Songs of Childhood • Eugene Field
... all right, Allie," said Ned reassuringly. "All we 're going to do is to hide behind that pile of freight boxes over there, and get a good look at him without his knowing it. Then we'll light out for home, and Howard will be there ahead of you, ...
— In Blue Creek Canon • Anna Chapin Ray
... the church, ner pave a sinner's way to Heaven with pop-corn balls and molasses candy—" A half smothered cough came from the next room and everybody started. "Oh, it's only Charlie. He's got some work to do to-night," said the old man, reassuringly. ...
— That Printer of Udell's • Harold Bell Wright
... then," said Merston reassuringly. "He's a grand chap is Kelly. A bit on the talkative side of course, but a real good sort. Come in now! Come and see my wife! Burke, get down! You must have a drink ...
— The Top of the World • Ethel M. Dell
... he said, "but this is a job for all three of us," and he turned to join Ellen who was standing at the edge of the water. "We'll be home in time for supper, El," he said, with forced cheeriness. "Don't worry, now—mind!" And he patted her hand reassuringly before he turned to ...
— Where the Sun Swings North • Barrett Willoughby
... same way," he thought reassuringly. "Sometimes. I still do. All I can tell you is what you've already found out for yourselves. It works. I'm told it's a sort of telepathic amplifier and radiator. But as I told you, I don't understand its principles. As to practice? ...
— Final Weapon • Everett B. Cole
... smiled at her reassuringly. "You're not afraid of any more shooting, ma'am, are you?" he asked. "I've told your husband that Kid is to come up to keep guard. He will stay right along, unless that ...
— Out of the Depths - A Romance of Reclamation • Robert Ames Bennet
... firmly this time, straightening his back and letting his right hand rest reassuringly on the ...
— The K-Factor • Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
... child," said the earl reassuringly, "there would be nothing of that kind; so old a gentleman could not endure a long-drawn suspense like that. ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain |
