1 Candide got well again, and during his convalescence he had very good company to sup with him.
2 Cosette's grief, which had been so poignant and lively four or five months previously, had, without her being conscious of the fact, entered upon its convalescence.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED 3 However, this long illness and this long convalescence saved him from all pursuit.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F... 4 But Marius' convalescence had caused the habit to become established, and the arm-chairs of the Rue des Filles-du-Calvaire, better adapted to interviews than the straw chairs of the Rue de l'Homme Arme, had rooted it.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS 5 Since my convalescence I have so many affairs of this kind on my hands that I am forced to regulate them a little.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 35 A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID 6 His convalescence was a long one and he lay quietly looking out of the window at the magnolias and causing very little trouble to anyone.
7 She had spoken to him only casually during Scarlett's convalescence and, on those occasions, she had found it difficult to meet his eyes.
8 He had been kindness itself during her miserable convalescence, but it was the kindness of an impersonal stranger.
9 His impersonal courtesy toward her that had begun during her convalescence continued and he did not fling softly drawled barbs at her or sting her with sarcasm.
10 It was a divine spring, and the season contributed greatly to my convalescence.
11 I wrote, and this exertion greatly fatigued me; but my convalescence had commenced, and proceeded regularly.
12 Dolokhov recovered, and Rostov became very friendly with him during his convalescence.
13 Dolokhov himself during his convalescence spoke to Rostov in a way no one would have expected of him.
14 To her inexperienced notions, this itself was a sign of convalescence; and then his cheek was often flushed, and his eyes were bright; she felt sure of his recovering.
15 As Uncle Peter told her about them, Scarlett felt that Atlanta must be a city of the wounded, for there were general hospitals, contagious hospitals, convalescent hospitals without number.