There was a decided note of uneasiness behind the banter of his tone which her quick ear instantly detected.
In the midst of the running tide of joke andbanter Violet sat as one apart.
With evasive banter he succeeded in postponing the revelation of what he was, as Stella said, up to.
You will gently banter them, trying to allay their provincial suspicion of your easy manner.
Of course, he had to put up with a great deal of banter from the younger knights upon his passion for study.
But as he always bore their banter good temperedly, and was ready occasionally to join them in the sport when assaults-at-arms were carried on, they soon became tired of making fun of him.
Though Defoe was in prison for this banter upon the High-fliers, it is a mistake to regard him as a martyr, except by accident, to the cause of Toleration as we understand it now, and as the Dissenters bore the brunt of the battle for it then.
It struck Persephone, who was seated by her side, with a sort of terror, and for once she did not dare to accost her mistress with her usual banter and freedom.
With the others she could exchange jokes, but not confidences; and though she returned their banter with interest, she did not look to them for sympathy.
The waiting-room was full of girls, who were beguiling the time with jokes and banter and lively chatter.
Now they were mostly banter and froth, lightly indifferent to the serious side of things, though perhaps only pretendedly so, for the picture did look old.
The day was not, however, very far advanced before he learned the truth through the banter of his neighbours.
But princes must sometimes banter and amuse themselves with those whom they treat as friends.
Chairs were immediately placed for the engaged couple, amid boisterous cheering and banter from all the members of the club at once, whilst the bride elect laughed, blushed, and looked very happy.
No truth so sacred, banter cannot hit, No fool so stupid but he aims at wit.
And so the banter would go on until Fred would pull up with a round turn, realizing quite suddenly that he was talking to his wife and not just to his stenographer.
But he made no reply, being unable to trust his self-control or answer my light banter in its own kind.
She threw the window open, and exchanged more greetings and banter with her admirers below.
In the lower passage, at the door leading to the kitchen, was a strange serving-man, already on terms of banter with the cook and maids.
Ravenshaw, observing that some in the crowd had halted to see what game of banterwas going on.
Her concern, however foolish, was clearly so genuine that Mrs. Espart changed banter for sympathetic reassurance.
The disrobing of the bride by her friends, and all the fun and banter attendant on the occasion, form the introduction.
He was in the thick of the high dreams that beset an untrained lad; but the dreams were building knighthood into the weft and woof of him, and no easy banter of the worldlings would alter that in years to come.
By hard stages, wakefulness o' nights, banter or the whiplash of his tongue by day, he had brought these high-mettled thoroughbreds into Oxford.
He was in no mood for the banter and light jests that eased the journey home to Nappa.
The suggested depreciation of the girls, and their saucy rejoinders, may be looked upon as so much good-humoured chaff and banter exchanged between the two parties to enhance each other's value, and to display their wit.
The suggested depreciation of the girls, and their saucy rejoinders, are so much good-humoured chaff and banter exchanged to enhance each other's value.
He did not keep up the kind of banter with her that he did with Charmian; he did not pay her compliments, and she hated compliments from men.
Douglas Jerrold's comedies and sketches are full of titbits of gay and brilliant banter and biting irony.
It has pleased me very much that our banter between the tents at Plattsburg has turned into the friendliest of feeling, so that we naturally seek each other out.
We rested for a while at the crossroads, and I can tell you I had to stand some banter from the squad after the motor had shot by us, with Frances's handkerchief fluttering to me.
It was odd, in the sort of ghastly banter in which he played off this old man, how much hatred was perceptible.
