1 He returned Scarlett's stare coldly and spat across the rail of the banister before he spoke.
2 She took the child back into her lap and Rhett settled himself lazily on the banister and took a cigar from a silver case.
3 Scarlett, creeping on tiptoe to the banister of the upstairs hall, listened and, to her amazement, frequently heard the voices of Rene Picard, Hugh Elsing, the Simmons boys and Andy Bonnell.
4 I put the jug on the banister and hastened to admit him myself.
5 On a banister post stood a tallow candle which guttered in the draft.
6 Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, he looked back for the last time.
7 Scarlett stood on the landing and peered cautiously over the banisters into the hall below.
8 She stopped, clutching the banisters, her heart hammering so hard from anger, insult and exertion that it seemed about to burst through her basque.
9 Forgotten in the tumult, little Wade crouched behind the banisters on the front porch, peering out onto the lawn like a caged, frightened rabbit, his eyes wide with terror, sucking his thumb and hiccoughing.
10 Scarlett came down the dark stairs slowly, like an old woman, feeling her way, clinging to the banisters lest she fall.
11 Quickly and noiselessly, she ran into the upper hall and down the stairs, steadying herself on the banisters with one hand and holding the pistol close to her thigh in the folds of her skirt.
12 She could only stare over the banisters at him and watch his face change from harsh tenseness to a half-contemptuous, half-ingratiating smile.
13 Like lightning, she shoved her weapon over the banisters and into the startled bearded face.
14 Melanie dragged herself to the top step again and started down, holding onto the banisters, her pale lower lip caught between her teeth.
15 She jumped as a slight noise sounded and, turning quickly, saw crouched by the banisters her forgotten son, his eyes enormous with terror.