She coloured, a denial on her lips; but she could notshape it.
But she could not help it if they were unreasonable.
But she could not keep up the life she was leading without more money, a great deal more money; and the thought of contracting her expenditure was no longer tolerable.
But she could not, she said, go on the morrow; she had an invitation to drink tea at the Stanhopes which she had promised to accept.
Eleanor took up her book resolutely; but she could not read, for there was a tear in her eye, and do what she would it fell on her cheek.
But she could not hold an idea before her for two consecutive moments; and she forgot what she thought about before she could act upon it.
But she could not; her whole face worked involuntarily.
She seemed to have said all there was to say, and wished she could throw herself at his feet; but she could not, something held her back.
But she could not confess--she could not explain everything, and again she was struck with a sort of mental paralysis.
She did not answer, and he stood trying to force an answer from her, but she could not, nor did she wish to think that her dream was no more than a merely physiological phenomenon.
There have been times when even I distrusted my mother's attachment; but she could nothelp it, and it was all the stronger afterwards.
She tried to be patient, but she could not be gay.
Lady Elizabeth offered to go home with her; but she could not bear to occasion further sensation, and, besides, understood Theodora's face.
But she could not read: she was forever looking about the room, and thinking of the family she had met downstairs.
She could not reproach him --which perhaps in any event she would have been too wise to do; but she could not, try as she would, bring herself to the point of a discussion of their situation.
Quizzical, yes; but she could not be sure then there was not wisdom in them, and that humiliated her.
At that she hurried the faster; but she could not run, and the picket fence was half a block long, and Bob Worthington had an advantage over her.
After he had gone--or rather after she had dismissed him--she took a book upstairs to wait for Howard, but she could not read.
But she could not on that account absolutely isolate herself from everybody that she knew in the world.
But she could not endure to think that Mrs Stumfold's interference should prevail, or, worse still, that other people should have supposed it to prevail.
But she could not, now, withstand the force of his will.
She desired to help him with the packing, she desired to show him some tenderness; her heart was cleft in two with pity; but she could not move; some harshness of pride or vanity prevented her from moving.
Mrs Enderby was somewhat flurried at the liberty which she felt her maid had taken with her daughter; but she could not notice it now; and she introduced another subject.
Hester signed to have it burned; but she could not forget it.
If it had been necessary, she could probably have borne to be pitied for having loved without return; but she could not be too thankful that it was not necessary.
Avery's indignation was intense, but she could not give it vent.
To Avery later he gave but few details of the interview, but she could not fail to see his grim elation and smiled at it.
She stooped over him, that trembling hand fast clasped in hers; but she could not speak.
His father would not own himself uneasy, and laughed at her fears; but she could not be cured of wishing that he would part with his black mare.
But she could not be long ungrateful; he was sacrificing an engagement at a gunsmith's, to be of use to her; and she set off with him, with no feeling but gratitude apparent.
The child's situation put the visit entirely aside; but she could not hear of her escape with indifference, even in the midst of the serious anxiety which they afterwards felt on his account.
Mary refrained from saying what she felt, that there could not be two persons in existence whose characters and manners were less accordant: time would discover it to him; but she could not help this reflection on the Admiral.
She hated her thoughts, but she could not be responsible for them.
She would have bought a yacht of her own, but she could not afford it!
She tried to read, but she could not find a popular novel or a short story in a magazine exciting enough to keep her mind off the excruciating mystery of the next instalment in her own life.
But she could not live on at Polly Widdicombe's forever.
Mamise feared the Teutonic might, but she could not for a moment consent to accept it.
Marie Louise rejoiced at the trust implied, but she could not make a fool of so loyal a friend.
Elizabeth had said truly her hour had come, but she could not go yet; she must wait until all danger of discovery was over--stand there breathless while her husband forgot her and her agony in peaceful sleep.
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