I cannot say "alone," for the Essence of Selfishness, was purring on my chest.
And so I sat up late, smoking a black pipe that gurgled in unison with the purring on my chest while I thought seriously of Marianne.
They were happy, and walked hand in hand purring to one another, instead of sparring any more.
His automobile was purring at the foot of the steps.
Even my father is complacent and purring this morning.
When approached, he would lie down, purring loudly, and twist himself about a person's legs, begging to be caressed.
The sun made the soft hair on his back fluff up like that of a purring cat.
The pup whined gently, and in his throat Neewa made a purring sound and followed it with a squeaky grunt that was like the grunt of a little pig.
She looked at everything, and overlooked nothing, though she was talking to Mijnheer in a soft, purring voice, that was full of fun and wickedness.
Muezza" even contributed her small share to the development of the Mahometan system: for did she not sit curled up in her master's sleeve, and by her soft purring soothe and deepen his meditations?
Then he went back home to find the cat purring on the doorstep.
When the tea-things were being taken away her aunt was still purring round her, and saying gentle, loving words.
She had been still purring up to the moment in which this communication had been made to her.
When the light began to fade and grow yellow, and the big automobile wentpurring down the trail to town, she rode on to the Bar Nothing to find Lite, and tell him how fortune had come and tapped her on the shoulder.
Did he catch the sound of her faint, continuous purring as she crouched with her prey upon the floor?
When I went near to the cat, and heard it calmly purring at me, I longed to do it an injury.
Suma eagerly lapped up the red pool forming on the wet leaves, purring with satisfaction and then fell upon her victim with a savage relish, for not in days had she eaten.
There followed a minute inspection, much fondling and purring and other evidences of glad rejoicing over the reunion.
A cat will stay on your knees a whole evening, purring away, happy in your company and careless of that of its own species.
It was such a wonder of a fireplace, with its twinkling brasses, and its purring logs.
The narrow river, full of rapids, but so free from rocks in this part of its course that its voice seldom rises above a loud, purring whisper, was overhung by many ancient trees.
The water was cold, but of a life-giving freshness; and when I had dressed and resumed my paddle I felt full of spirit for the wild dash home to camp, through the purring rapids and the spectral woods.
A cynical reverie altogether--from which the butler's purring voice awakened him.
Her dear Deborah was rubbing a cold nose against her cheek, and purring how glad she was to see her.
Clematis smoothed and patted her a long time, as she laypurring close by her side.
A green limousine, purring silently, pulled up close to them.
The Daimler seemed a live monster purring as she flew along the smooth roads, laughing at her hills, answering sweetly to her brakes, swinging her great length contemptuously past weaker sisters.
The great beast, with arched back and purring like a contented tabby, rubbed his sides against the ape-man, and then at a word from the latter sprang lightly to his former place in the bow of the dugout.
In her absorption she did not note the sudden activity upon the vessel, the purring of the engines, the throbbing of the propeller.
They had hunted together now for some time, so that they worked in unison, with only low, purring sounds as signals.
On his lips was the soothing, purringsound that the great cats themselves made when contented and happy.
That it felt real affection for him there seemed little doubt, for now that the blacks were disposed of it walked slowly back and forth about the stake, rubbing its sides against the ape-man's legs and purring like a contented tabby.
The opportunity offered itself sooner than he expected, but the purringof a high-powered car coming through the village street caused the pedestrians to draw aside.
Not so Angele, who heard the car purring down the drive, and inquired Fritz's errand.
The heavy, distinctive hum of the great motor filled that isolated hollow in the Downs like the purring of a dynamo.
In an instant he had picked out the purring sound and went back into the cave for blanket and moccasins and rifle.
From the east drifted a purring sound that swelled with startling speed.
Baby Akbar was asleep on some quilts and Down, as usual, lay keeping his feet warm, her eyes closed, purring away like a steaming kettle.
Good-bye also to grinning Meroo, to purring Down, and frolicking Tumbu!
There was a white cat on the cornice, and the next moment Down was on the sill, arching her back and purring away contentedly.
But Down was back on her young master's feet, her eyes closed, purringaway as if nothing had happened.
And there was Mistress Down looking as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, andpurring away like a kettle on the boil.
Step by step her voice became more and more triumphant, and it really seemed as if the cat must be caught this time, for Down sat sweetly purring until she was actually hidden from sight behind the high-held screening cloths.
The black cat immediately quitted his place by the fire and went to meet him; rubbing himself against the newcomer's legs, arching his back and purring loudly; testifying his joy in every way possible to him.
She picked up puss in a round, comfortable ball, and carried her back to the hearth-side chair; there she stroked her until her touchy ladyship had settled down again to purring content.
The purringsilence continued, lulling all lesser energies to sleep, until Amelia, pausing to adjust her thread, found her mood broken by actual stillness, and gazed about her like one awakened from dreams.
Then the harmonious colours of her dress, and her slow and graceful movements, had something of the same soothing effect upon his nerves that a cat's purringhas upon some people's.
She kept stroking it from time to time, and purring out inarticulate sounds of loving satisfaction, as she gazed in the blushing face.
Now this soft, almost tuneless whistling was to Mr. Gibson what purringis to a cat.
