"Huskily" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that. But early one evening he came in with a sheaf of roses in his arms, and when she had exclaimed at them and breathed deep of their dewy fragrance, Joe bent over and kissed her, and said a little huskily: ...
— His Second Wife • Ernest Poole
... sat for a moment as though dazed; then he rose impulsively and seized Thorndyke's hands. "I don't know what to say to you," he exclaimed huskily, "except that you have saved my brother's life, and for that may ...
— John Thorndyke's Cases • R. Austin Freeman
... said huskily. "I said I had paper and I have paper handy, but I've got to have McGuire's paper too. I ain't got money and spotless rep'tation like Mike McGuire but I don't want paper like that floatin' roun' universh with ...
— The Vagrant Duke • George Gibbs
... a bit huskily. I saluted, and Commander Jamison acknowledged the gesture with stiff precision. Commander Jamison always had the reputation of being something of ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 • Various
... "Wait," she commanded huskily. "Remember! Don't either of you say a word about—about his being possibly the boy I'm looking for. I must see for myself first, ...
— Pollyanna Grows Up • Eleanor H. Porter
... Italy are not knaves," he growled, huskily, and, half rising from his seat with crimsoned visage, he was busying himself to say more, when Staupitz, who was as interested as the others in Master AEsop's scandalous chronicle, clapped one bear's ...
— The Duke's Motto - A Melodrama • Justin Huntly McCarthy
... "My duty!" he exclaimed, huskily "Was it my duty? Sometimes I doubt it; sometimes I think if I had never left her, all might have been well. Was it my duty to make my life a hell on earth, to tear my heart from my bosom, as I did in the hour I left her, to spoil her life for her, ...
— A Terrible Secret • May Agnes Fleming
... a stiletto! So that was what Arthur meant." For a few moments Danvers could not speak as the recollection of that look of love and trust came surging back. "No one must ever know the truth," he went on, huskily. "Let it be buried with poor Arthur. There will be more or less gossip; but we will stand by you for the judge's sake—and for Miss Blair's as well. She, of all persons, must know nothing of what you have ...
— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman
... exhausted, and went forward slowly. I reached the red blanket, and looked down. Yes, all was well. A hunting knife lay in an open bundle. I stooped and seized it, and hurled it far into the water, and then I asked, rather huskily, a question that had not been in my ...
— Montlivet • Alice Prescott Smith
... think we will begin with learning you the Lord's prayer," he said huskily, feeling that something was expected of him, and he must not ...
— The Story of Jessie • Mabel Quiller-Couch
... everything—and then you wonder if I could ever be jealous!" His tone, which had risen almost to violence, fell suddenly. He went back to his desk and began to straighten the papers there, not seeing what he did. "I never can say anything more to you, Sidney, I've said too much now," he said a little huskily; "but I'm glad to have you ...
— The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne • Kathleen Norris
... "Well," he said, huskily, "I won't wait to see your mamma. You needn't tell her about me bein' here. But, say—could I just get a look at—at your grandma, without her ...
— Tales From Bohemia • Robert Neilson Stephens
... whispers, huskily, "if you can." And then she gathers up her skirts and hurries into ...
— Jersey Street and Jersey Lane - Urban and Suburban Sketches • H. C. Bunner
... on our account, please," said the Millstones huskily. "So long as you supply the power we'll supply ...
— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling
... about the mount. Why, man," he said huskily, "you're in trouble enough, as it is! And if our lines are as close as you ...
— The Littlest Rebel • Edward Peple
... of his clasp on her hands. Then he bent his head, while his brows were knitted, anxiously. It seemed as if he could not speak. And she had opened her lips to comfort him a little when he burst forth, huskily: ...
— The Genius • Margaret Horton Potter
... huskily and impressively. And then, putting me from him, "God help and guide you, my ...
— The Strolling Saint • Raphael Sabatini
... go then,' I answered huskily, and drew her behind the trunk of the old beech. And there I caught her in my arms and kissed her again and yet again, nor was she ashamed to ...
— Montezuma's Daughter • H. Rider Haggard
... the eyes, and a strong liking for him came over me. "I probably owe you my life," I said, huskily. "I know I do. And I hate—you must consider me a ...
— Red Men and White • Owen Wister
... to promise," Gess said huskily. "We're jest bound to holler when the fireworks begins to go off, even ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) • Various
... slowly and untied the bandage. He blinked a moment at Smith, then he said huskily, "I am not Haviland, Mr. Smith, nor do I want any 'feed.' I want to know what this means." There was no anger in his voice, ...
— Stanford Stories - Tales of a Young University • Charles K. Field
... lass," he whispered huskily. "Remember, then, if your canoe upsets and spills you, a wire to me will right you, and no questions asked. Good-by, my dear, and ...
— Kindred of the Dust • Peter B. Kyne
... it," huskily. "To see you day after day—Will nothing I say convince or move you? Am I outside the ...
— I Spy • Natalie Sumner Lincoln
... the dry woodwork of the gallery creaked and strained; and under the doorway the tall grass by the steps thrust ripening straw, all alive with little brown grasshoppers. The clock, in its wooden case, made a whirring noise, as though it were some consumptive trying to clear his throat, and then huskily ...
— Abbe Mouret's Transgression - La Faute De L'abbe Mouret • Emile Zola
... one could ever tempt me from my faith to you, Wallace," she huskily murmured. "Oh!" she cried, with a sudden start, as a warning whistle blew, "does that ...
— His Heart's Queen • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
... interposed the Seigneur huskily. Presently he laid a hand upon the Cure's arm. "Shall I ask her again?" he said, breathing hard. "Do you think she has found out ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... I must be dreaming!" whispered Jack huskily. "Tell me, is that man in there really Carl Potzfeldt, the good-for-nothing guardian of little ...
— Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines - The German Spy's Secret • Charles Amory Beach
... myself. Scorched my tongue on one once," said the Cowardly Lion huskily. "But I'll fight with you, brother Hokus. ...
— The Royal Book of Oz • L. Frank Baum
... affair!" he said huskily; "horrible! Would you mind, Doctor Thorndyke, telling us just how the matter stands in your opinion—what the probabilities are, for ...
— The Vanishing Man • R. Austin Freeman
... was the mood that came upon us with his gentle words that none of us well could answer him; and this he understood as in turn we took his hand and strove to utter that which was in our hearts, and only could say huskily a word or two, of which the meaning was conveyed for the most part by the sorrow and the longing that were in our tones. Young's natural instincts were wholly opposed to any display of the softer emotions, ...
— The Aztec Treasure-House • Thomas Allibone Janvier
... he said huskily. "Over-tired, that's all. Put her down, sir, please"—and Mr. Linton, still trembling, laid the little girl on the grass, and loosened her collar, while the other forced a few drops from his flask ...
— A Little Bush Maid • Mary Grant Bruce
... want that!" cried the vanquished horseman, huskily, when they offered him a cap. "I mean ...
— A Hungarian Nabob • Maurus Jokai
... throws the letter—get her with the goods on her!" breathed Hiram, huskily. And when she was opposite they leaped the ...
— The Skipper and the Skipped - Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul • Holman Day
... sympathetically if Mark was naughty, and was caught between his sister's and his mother's arms and kissed by them both. Mr. Paget, picking his paper from the floor beside his chair, took an arm-chair by the fire, stirred the coals noisily, and while cleaning his glasses, observed rather huskily that the little girl always knew, she could come back ...
— Mother • Kathleen Norris
... the lips of her pretty mouth twitched. "Look here, Tobe," she said, huskily. "You've hurt my feelings. I love you and Annie and Robby, and it is wrong for you to talk this way when I'm so worried about the baby. You are not a cold-blooded murderer, are you? Well, you will make yourself out one if you let silly false pride stand between you and that sweet young ...
— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben
... old red-skin!" exclaimed the trapper, huskily. "Bless his puckered eyes! Who'd have thought that I should ...
— The Children's Book of Christmas Stories • Various
... sermon," he said huskily; "I hope to get some help from that. But you!—you are making things harder for me every word you utter. You don't understand and I ...
— The Choir Invisible • James Lane Allen
... eye out, Amos!" Chris called back over his shoulder as he went ahead. It was no time before Amos's voice came huskily up ...
— Mr. Wicker's Window • Carley Dawson
... said he huskily, as though the dust and dryness of the innumerable years had got into his very voice. "There, now, don't ...
— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England
... things, Jim, hez got to happen," he said, huskily. "Either that there rock hez got to get off the road, or I have. I've seed ...
— A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready • Bret Harte
... you get this?" he demanded huskily, in such a queer, breathless way that Richard thought his day of reckoning had come. His sin had found him out. He ...
— Georgina of the Rainbows • Annie Fellows Johnston
... the slow one sang huskily as he stumbled along with difficulty 'but there's never any hurry. I'll fill their journeys with desire and make adventure call ...
— A Prisoner in Fairyland • Algernon Blackwood
... said huskily, "Bosambo and his people put me to shame, for they spied on me and overlooked me. And we are proud people, who must not be overlooked—thus it has ...
— The Keepers of the King's Peace • Edgar Wallace
... circumstances. As he entered his unfamiliar marble halls he staggered, and his red eyes rolled and his mouth gaped in a cod-like fashion. "They've been at it 'ere, too, seemin'ly," he remarked huskily. ...
— The Brass Bottle • F. Anstey
... how much it matters?" he asked huskily. "It matters just this, that you have spoilt my life! There was not a happier, more contented fellow living than I was—before you came. I loved my work, and loved my home. I intended to succeed in my ...
— The Heart of Una Sackville • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
... huskily this time, for there was a sudden unaccountable and unwished-for lump in his throat, and a moisture in his eyes which he had not bargained for. Philip looked up,—and silently held out his hand, which Lorimer as silently clasped. There ...
— Thelma • Marie Corelli
... from his chair. "No one ever had a truer friend than I have in you," he said, huskily. "But it seems to me that Alice may have changed with the lapse of years; she may have become easier to ...
— Brooke's Daughter - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant
... ye'll be the clivir man some day," said the big man huskily, while his wife turned her ...
— The Prospector - A Tale of the Crow's Nest Pass • Ralph Connor
... too cwushed to wemember," he said, huskily. "But I fink Lucy was fat. It's a vewy bad fing to be fat, 'cos the ...
— Explorers of the Dawn • Mazo de la Roche
... Rachael said huskily, her heart beating quick with vague fright. Mrs. Gregory was in her deep armchair, she looked old and broken to-night, far older than she would look a few days later when she lay in her coffin. Rachael had brought her a cup of ...
— The Heart of Rachael • Kathleen Norris
... shouldn't either, father," said Ned huskily, as he went and stood behind his father with his ...
— The Peril Finders • George Manville Fenn
... exclaimed, huskily. He rose suddenly, the tears in his eyes. He fumbled with his gun uncertainly while the Indian filled a pipe. Then, he ...
— The Wilderness Trail • Frank Williams
... into water and made it dense. Jeffrey felt at once how sympathetic they were with her. What was the cry she gave? Was it some international password or a gipsy note of universal import? Had she called them friend in a tongue they knew? Now she began speaking, huskily at first, with tumultuous syllables and wide open vowels, and at the first pause they cheered. The inky multitude that had kept silence, by preconcerted plan, while Weedon Moore talked to them, lost control of itself and yelled. She went ...
— The Prisoner • Alice Brown
... he said, a little huskily. "You look as unconcerned, as cool as—as a confounded cucumber! And now, Perry, remember to aim low, all pistols are apt to throw high—so, for heaven's sake aim low, ...
— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol
... said James somewhat huskily; "I think I may say that we have settled to go. Hamlyn has got a letter from a cousin of his who went from down Plymouth way, and who is making a fortune; and besides, I have got tired of the old place somehow, lately. I have nothing to keep me here now, and there will be a change, and a new ...
— The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn • Henry Kingsley
... it. Nellie, understanding, took it from his fingers and pushed him gently by the arm towards his wife. He knelt down by the weeping woman's side and put his hands on the head that was bent to the ground. "Sue," he said, huskily, not knowing what to say. "Don't take on ...
— The Workingman's Paradise - An Australian Labour Novel • John Miller
... with his left arm caught the dog about the middle, and leaped back into the nearest doorway. The muscles of his left arm were sorely tried; the dog considered his part in the fray by no means ended, and he tugged and yelped huskily. With his right hand Maurice sought his revolver, cocked and leveled it. There came a respite. The students had not fully recovered from their surprise, and the ...
— The Puppet Crown • Harold MacGrath
... poor Prescott's romance—I never knew him, but shall always think of him as a swift and vehement spirit—was told very huskily by Jaffery beneath the wistaria arbour. Tears rolled down Barbara's and Doria's cheeks. My wife's sympathetic little hand slid into Liosha's. With her other hand Liosha fondled it. I am sure it was rather gratitude for this little feminine act than poignant ...
— Jaffery • William J. Locke
... and huskily, for, like all brave persons, she only recoiled from pain for the moment. Her heart always rose to meet its ...
— Mabel's Mistake • Ann S. Stephens
... on God, Miles," answered my worthy guardian, still pacing the piazza, the tears running down his cheeks in streams, and speaking so huskily as barely to be intelligible; "yes, we will have the prayers of the congregation next Sunday morning; and most devout and heartfelt prayers they will be; for her own sainted mother was not more deservedly loved! To be called away ...
— Miles Wallingford - Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" • James Fenimore Cooper
... at last by the Count Muffat and the deputy, came up in a fury. Drops of perspiration stood on his forehead, and he grumbled huskily: ...
— Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille • Emile Zola
... he did not know her, then: "God's glory!" he said huskily, getting to his feet—"is it the sweet face o' Miss Greensleeve or the angel in her come back f'r to ...
— Athalie • Robert W. Chambers
... Mo turned from the window, and said, somewhat huskily:—"I wish some of these here poor people, as they call themselves, would either go away to Aymericay, or keep their premises a bit cleaner; nobody wants 'em here that ever I've heard tell ...
— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan
... reach. The more he glowed, the more icily calm she sat, till the silence between them began to grow oppressive. She waited, determined that he should be the first to speak. Recognising the helplessness of silence, he began huskily: ...
— The Man • Bram Stoker
... breast, the nobility of your extraction, the honour of your hidalguidad, and that inextinguishable courage which, as by the unwearied mercy of God, distinguishes the sons of your fortunate and unhappy nation." His bass voice, deepened in solemn utterance, vibrated huskily. There was a rustic dignity in his uncouth form, in his broad face, in the gesture of the raised hand. "You shall promise to respect the dictates of our conscience, guided by the authority of our faith; to defer to our scruples, and to the procedure of our Church in matters which we believe touch ...
— Romance • Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
... promised us facilities for seeing and writing, within the bounds of censorship. I noticed that he pronounced St.-Omer, St.-Omar, as though Omar Khayyam had been canonized. He said, "Good day, gentlemen," again, and coughed huskily again to clear his throat, and then went ...
— Now It Can Be Told • Philip Gibbs
... answered the younger woman huskily, her face crimsoning, and her eyes darting light. "How can you dare to speak to me like that? I insist upon repeating to you that had I known that my life would from my marriage up to this time have been as it is, I should have ...
— The Return of the Native • Thomas Hardy
... drawing-room, round a good table, in the bright light radiating from the candelabra and the chandelier—which they now saw for the first time without its fly-specked cover—that they gave way to most exuberant folly and indulged in the coarsest enjoyment. Their voices rose in the warm atmosphere more huskily and eulogistically at each successive dish till they could scarcely invent fresh compliments. However, one of them, an old retired master-tanner, hit upon this fine phrase—that the dinner was a "perfect feast ...
— The Fortune of the Rougons • Emile Zola
... Ringrope, huskily, leaning far over the corpse, and, needle in hand, menacing his companion with his aguish fist. "Take that back, or I'll throttle your lean bag ...
— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville
... loitered past, he overtook a boy who was stooping to light a cigarette. He wore no overcoat, and looked unspeakably fragile against the snow, "Are you on the road, guv'nor?" asked the boy huskily as he passed. ...
— The Ghost Ship • Richard Middleton
... dropped the stub of the match and pushed. The door moved only a few inches; it was opposed by something on the other side. The president lighted another match and held it while he peered over the door; there was a space between the top of the door and the ceiling. "It's Vaniman," he reported, huskily. "He's lying against this door. I can't push it any further. He's wedged against ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day
... She huskily whispered for him to hand over her rifle and grasp the stirrup leather. He had not dragged along beside the pony more than a hundred paces when a jerk on the reins headed the weary beast around into the mouth of a broad canon. Carmena uttered ...
— Bloom of Cactus • Robert Ames Bennet
... I ever got away," said the hunchback, huskily. "I do know that monster was chasin' me right through the woods, tryin' to ram his spear inter my back as if I was a flounder an' he was arter lobster bait. I managed to hold onter my old gun, though at the time I didn't know I was a-doin' of it. If I hed ...
— Frank Merriwell's Cruise • Burt L. Standish
... cradle lightly stepped, Where Lilian, the baby, slept; Her damp curls lay, like gold alight, A glory 'gainst the pillow white; Softly her father stooped to lay His rough hand down in loving way, When dream or whisper made her stir, And huskily he said, "Not her." We stooped beside the trundle-bed, And one long ray of lamp-light shed Athwart the boyish faces there, In sleep so pitiful and fair. I saw on Jamie's rough red cheek A tear undried; ...
— Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two • Various
... Elizabeth huskily, "because this room is meant for—but let's go back. Do you remember that day twenty-four years ago when we took ...
— Black Jack • Max Brand
... had, meanwhile, been conveyed to an apartment on the ground floor of the hotel, where on his arrival he was immediately confronted with it; but no sign of remorse or regret was visible as he gazed upon the corpse. "Turn it over," he said huskily, after he had gazed for awhile upon the glazed eyes and the parted lips. "Let me see if he be really dead." His request was complied with; and as he became convinced that life had indeed departed from the already stiffening form, he exclaimed ...
— The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Julia Pardoe
... room, because that would leave her no further retreat. Bruce sat down exactly opposite to her, with his coat and gloves on. He slowly drew off one glove, folded it carefully, and put it down. Then he said amiably, a little huskily: ...
— Tenterhooks • Ada Leverson
... "After all," he said huskily, "it don't make no difference how many crooks oder Ganevim is in a feller's family, Philip, so long as he's got a good, straight business man ...
— Elkan Lubliner, American • Montague Glass
... sharp, pale countenance, and in the unconscious appeal with which his blue eyes surveyed Madge and me in turn. But in a few moments he collected himself, as if for the necessary dealing with some unexpected castastrophe, and asked me, a little huskily still: ...
— Philip Winwood • Robert Neilson Stephens
... so, O so glad you are come!' she said huskily, as she held out her thin hand and stifled a sob. 'I have ...
— The Well-Beloved • Thomas Hardy
... a terrible question. Bartley knew nothing about the prices that city papers paid; he feared to ask too much, but he also feared to cheapen his wares by asking too little. "Twenty-five dollars," he said, huskily. ...
— A Modern Instance • William Dean Howells
... she whispered huskily. 'Oh, but this must not be! I will go to the father; I will explain! You saved his son—he owes ...
— Ghetto Comedies • Israel Zangwill
... hurried; Alan seemed voiceless, only nodding in reply to Mary's vociferous messages to Harry, and huskily whispering to Ethel, ...
— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge
... Yellow Handkerchief, who mumbled it huskily to his men. He was suffering from a bad cold, which doubled him up in convulsive coughing spells and made his eyes heavy and bloodshot. This made him more evil-looking than ever, and when he glared viciously at me I remembered with a shiver the close shave I had had ...
— Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories - Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews • Jack London
... face and his possession of this divine melody. Shortly afterward, he had gone to town on the Fourth of July, been drunk for several days, lost his money at a faro table, ridden a saddled Texas steer on a bet, and disappeared with a fractured collar-bone. All this my aunt told me huskily, wanderingly, as though she were talking in the ...
— Youth and the Bright Medusa • Willa Cather
... were not the victim of some practical joke, and if there were not a crowd of listeners hidden somewhere, who, after enjoying his discomfiture, would suddenly make their appearance, holding their sides. This fear restored his presence of mind. "Well, then," he replied, huskily, "this is my reason. I know nothing respecting my parents. This morning, a man with whom you are well acquainted, assured me that I was—your son. I was completely stunned at first, but after a while I recovered sufficiently to call here, ...
— Baron Trigault's Vengeance - Volume 2 (of 2) • Emile Gaboriau
... old man!" he said huskily. "Thank God that you are alive! I saw them drag you in, and ...
— The Devil Doctor • Sax Rohmer
... said at last, huskily, turning his head away from her to the fire. "I've just had a long walk with him. Then he left me; he had no idea I came on here. But something drove me; I felt I must come, I must tell. Will you promise not to be angry with me—to believe ...
— Marcella • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... sir," said the boy huskily. "This has made me hot and angry, and one ought to be cool when handling pointed weapons. I shouldn't like to ...
— The King's Esquires - The Jewel of France • George Manville Fenn
... pigeon, you remain here," said the vicomte huskily, placing himself in front of the door, "and for each note you sing I will give ...
— The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2) • Alexandre Dumas pere
... babykins," promised her father, huskily. "No more simple life for Genevieve Maud, you ...
— Many Kingdoms • Elizabeth Jordan
... reined back by some counter thought, he hurried towards the helm, huskily demanding ...
— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville
... much," said poor Tom huskily, "if he hadn't chosen just this time for it; but it ...
— We Two • Edna Lyall
... kiss you," he said huskily, as he put her from him gently. "I don't think I should have the courage to let you go if I did. I didn't mean ...
— The Sheik - A Novel • E. M. Hull
... little girl in the world, Billy!" he whispered, huskily. "She says she's lonely for me. She tells me to hurry— hurry down there to her. She says that if I don't come soon she'll come up to ...
— Isobel • James Oliver Curwood
... was," he said. And they were silent for a while. Then he broke out, huskily: "I don't care a hang about Blair or his mother's will. He deserves all he gets—or won't get, rather! But, Elizabeth, if—if you ...
— The Iron Woman • Margaret Deland
... right, Mac," I said, somewhat huskily. What with seeing him again, his kindly face behind its glasses, the cheerful faith in me which was his contribution to our friendship,—even the way he shook his own hand in default of mine,—my throat tightened. Here, after all, ...
— The After House • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... father were here," she whispered huskily. "And to think that's the same little girl I used to rap on the head with my thimble for annoying the cat! Oh, if Jonas could be ...
— The Pit • Frank Norris
... they will—for they say the Prophet is a fighter. If the Shawnees don't get me, I can make plenty more, so it's just as broad as it's long. Anyhow, the Sisters will know what to do with the wad. Say! I wish it had been bigger. They took me into the room where the youngsters stay," he said huskily, rubbing his head harder than ever. "They said—them real ladies said—that they would raise up the children to love me, and pray for me. When I come away they cried—them real ladies—about me, old Tommy Dye, ...
— Round Anvil Rock - A Romance • Nancy Huston Banks
... whip me! Don't!" came huskily from the lips of the terrified child. But even while he thus pleaded, the smarting strokes ...
— The Iron Rule - or, Tyranny in the Household • T. S. Arthur
... unless he stood in with the bond firm's messenger; that's the only way in which I could account for it," said Kenleigh huskily. "And I've no right to say that God knows I've no wish to get an innocent man into trouble. I've no proof—but I can't see any other solution." Kenleigh's voice broke. He seemed to steady himself with an effort. "I'm ...
— The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard
... voice and answered huskily, laying one hand upon his chest, and with the other gesturing up by the Winslow elm ...
— Bylow Hill • George Washington Cable
... could. Their clothes had frozen stiff, making it impossible for them to hurry. Julia Crosby said not a word during the walk, but when she left them at the corner where she turned into her own street, she said huskily: "Thank you both for what you did for me to-day, I ...
— Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School • Jessie Graham Flower
... huskily—"fellows, I mean—I've got an announcement to make, or rather two announcements. One is this: Right here before you fellows who heard most of them I want to take back all the mean things I ever said about ...
— The Escape of Mr. Trimm - His Plight and other Plights • Irvin S. Cobb
... hull world fer you," he said, huskily, and then he kissed her wet cheek again and again, and repeated his ability to thrash all comers in her cause, and stated his desire to undertake exactly that task for the term of her natural life. "If you was to marry me," ...
— Scattergood Baines • Clarence Budington Kelland
... did you subject us," he said, huskily, "to such an ordeal? What has made you give way—now? How can you dream of going back, after a week, to our old life?" But even as he asked the searching questions, he laid her back gently ...
— The Uttermost Farthing • Marie Belloc Lowndes |
