I think not," replied theelderly scientist, "because he's retired.
Young Newton wondered what the elderly man was looking for so intensely.
In the meantime, the elderly diver telegraphed his caretaker to get the "Betsy B.
As the elderly man had said, the old barge had served as winter quarters for him during the past years.
Ronan's wife with that smile that sits so charming on the lips of happy elderly people.
An elderly and richly clad woman, of stony, cynic and wily countenance, steps from Brunhild's bedroom and enters the apartment in the tower.
The quiet elderly suit I rapidly dressed myself in, and with my mackintosh cape, an umbrella, and the make-up box under my arm, went back to the saloon.
Unlike some elderly practitioners, Doctor Mack did not feel in the least jealous of his young assistant, but was very glad to note his popularity.
Tom's remarks would hardly have been considered comforting by an outsider, yet by one short word she had helped Rhoda more than any elderly comforter had been able to do.
On the mantelpiece reposed a ball of string, a dogskin glove, a matchbox, and a photograph of an elderly gentleman, whose pike-like aspect sufficiently proclaimed his relationship.
I had in my possession a Cosway miniature he had one day left at my house, an antique portrait of an elderly lady, beautifully painted on ivory and set round with brilliants.
It states that no such person as Madame Lepage is living at 89 Rue Toullier, Paris, but the concierge remembers that an elderly lady, believed to be a widow, once occupied with her daughter a flat on the fourth floor.
I believe London has one or two soothsayers; and I think I have heard elderly people say that the fashion of consulting them has somewhat increased, since the court has been so German.
Nobody seemed to think it strange; but, on the contrary, I observed that the elderly people looked on with a complacent gravity, that seemed to say how vividly the sight recalled the days of their own youth.
Both my father and grandfather had sat in the Assembly, in their time, and, as I have heard elderly people say, with credit, too.
Here Dinah lodged with an elderly couple; and if she and Hetty happened to be out, Adam could learn where they were gone, or when they would be at home again.
Mrs. Irwine and I, who are elderly people, think of sitting out the dance till then.
Chapter XLV In the Prison NEAR sunset that evening an elderly gentleman was standing with his back against the smaller entrance-door of Stoniton jail, saying a few last words to the departing chaplain.
And there was a face looking down on her; but it was an unknown face, belonging to an elderly man in a smock-frock.
The butler hurried out after him as fast as his elderlylimbs could run: he guessed, he knew, where the young squire was going.
A tall, lean, elderly woman and her tall, lean daughters gave them rude shelter and rude fare.
The house was murmurous with the voices of women and quite elderly men, across which bubbled the clear notes of children.
Elderly gentlemen of Northern persuasion paused in their homeward walk to smile in admiration, --some sadly, as Mr. Brinsmade.
An elderly lady in widow's black was kneeling beside a man groaning in mortal agony, fanning away the flies already gathering about his face.
An elderly person, in a large black velvet bonnet, sat with her back to the window, a very gaily-dressed little girl standing by her side.
Not many elderly women in Churchbury that afternoon were playing such an exciting part.
While hesitating what to do next, Madge happened to look through the window of the stationer's shop, and saw an elderly woman sitting behind the counter.
There could certainly be no better road,' answered an elderly gentleman who sat next to the lad, 'but now that the Simplon Tunnel is almost an accomplished fact, this road will be no longer needed.
Presently I summoned enough resolution to enter, and going to the counter, held out the watch and chain to the rather elderlyman behind it.
An elderly lady and a young man were the other missionaries, and there were also at the table the four children of the senior missionary.
But when they returned to the busy part of the town they found three donkeys on hire, and the donkey 'boys,' two of whom were elderly men, at once shouted out the names of their animals.
She followed her guide down the steps, and when her eyes became accustomed to the gloom, she saw an elderly man, wrapped in torn and stained garments, lying asleep on a low bed in the corner.
An elderly gentleman was in despair about his young wife, whom he had left at home; he had made a will by which she was to lose his fortune if she married again after his death, but the will was lying in his desk unsigned.
In the arbour Cordula explained why she had not come before; but her account told the elderly couple nothing new.
Gregory shot a sharp glance at him, but all he saw was an elderly man, with heavy white hair and fierce shaggy eyebrows, a portly and dignified elderly gentleman, rather resentfully courteous.
Sometimes an elderly and portly gentleman with white hair and fierce eyebrows would come in when the sermon was almost over.
Minnie, the elderly servant, sat by the table reading, amid the odor of roasting chicken; outside the door on the kitchen porch was the freezer containing the dinner ice-cream.
When his friends came, elderly men who creaked in and tried to reduce their robust voices to a decorous whisper, he shook hands with them and made brief, courteous replies.
She was the same elderly woman who looked after his own bedroom, and she might have known Clark.
Thus, the elderlyman whom he dimly remembered was not only his father; he was David's brother.
He felt very happy affable, and he picked up an elderly village woman with her and went considerably out of his way to take her home.
His elderly chambermaid had lived in and around the town for years.
It was answered by the elderly maid who took care of his own bedroom.
Bassett's last hope died when he saw sitting there, pale but composed, the elderly maid.
Upon my asking her who it was, she told me it was a very grave, elderly person, but that she (10) did not know his name.
The coachmen were an uncivil and pugnacious class, which accounts for Sir Roger's preference for an elderly one.
The elderly woman who had been directly in front of him as they walked around the room was blocking his way.
Charlie led the way to his car, an elderly red Volvo.
An elderlywoman stared at flashing lights, bemused, a bit bewildered.
He was anelderly man, with gray hair, and walked with a crutch.
Anna Iurievna resembled her father, as much as a young, graceful, pretty woman can resemble an elderly man with strongly-marked features and athletic frame, such as was General Nazimoff.
This girl was married to an elderly man who had broken his leg, which having united in a bent shape, the limb was almost useless.
I kept my eye on an elderly man who stood one of the most forward, and who motioned to us several times to stop, and at length threw the weapon he carried at the boat.
An elderly man walked close to the water's edge unarmed, and, evidently, directed the others.
They left behind them an elderly man who was sick and requested the Montenegrins not to murder him.
Such of them as were unable to accept the new order of things--elderly priests, for the most part--retired from the political stage.
The elderly widow was looking over a missionary book with woodcuts, and they occasionally exchanged sentences.
An elderly passenger who had quietly noted the outlay of money to which Mr. Stuyvesant had been subjected strolled up to the manager.
Circumstances had brought the elderly maid and himself to the same table on two occasions in the dining-car, but he had hitherto felt no desire to press the acquaintance.
I perceived an elderly gentleman come forward; I knew it was my father, and I threw myself into his arms.
