Audrey's face brightened, fond as she was of her mother, it was her father she wished to resemble.
Gretel’s face brightened, but before she could speak again, Mrs. Cranston called to her son from the other end of the boat.
His voice was so kind, and his smile reminded her so strongly of the old friend of her childhood that Gretel’s face brightened.
Teddy's face brightened at this promise, and he saw the door close behind his mother without shedding a single tear.
The boy's face brightened, and he drew himself up proudly.
But now Nan looked up with shining eyes and in eager words told of Theodore's plan and the lady's face brightened as she listened.
Anne's face brightened, and she began to feel that her troubles were over.
The Indian girl's face brightened, and she smiled back, and sitting down beside Anne held the basket forward for her to take more.
But as she looked up and saw Anna dressed in her best, and Luretta beside her, coming up the path, Rebby's face brightened.
How Mr. Weston's face brightened when he saw Danna safe and sound, and how closely Rebby held her little sister, as Anna again told the story of her journey down the river.
And Maud's, face brightened; for destructiveness is one of the earliest traits of childhood, and ripping was Maud's delight.
Polly's face brightened, for she valued the old lady's opinion very much.
It was the first outward show of tenderness that she had made toward the child, and as Anne felt the kindly pressure of her arm and looked up into the tender eyes her own face brightened.
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