 And then the humour of the situation struck him, and he laughed and looked lightly up to heaven, where the stars seemed to be winking over his discomfiture. What was to be done ? It looked very like a night in the frosty streets. The idea of the dead...  The Great Modern English Stories: An Anthology - Page 36edited by - 1919 - 366 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Various Authors, Various - 2004 - 164 pages
...heart. I may be dead before morning. Only this once, father, and, before God, I will never ask again!" "You should have come earlier," said the ecclesiastic,...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1897 - 414 pages
...shut in the interior, faintly audible to the poet down long passages. He passed his hand over his 299 mouth with an oath. And then the humour of the situation...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
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