1 The night was perfectly still, and the air so dry and pure that it gave little sensation of cold.
2 Denis laughed, and gave the horse a cut that brought him quickly abreast of her retreating figure.
3 But now all desire for change had vanished, and the sight of the little enclosure gave him a warm sense of continuance and stability.
4 The kitchen was a poor place, not "spruce" and shining as his mother had kept it in his boyhood; but it was surprising what a homelike look the mere fact of Zeena's absence gave it.
5 The cat rubbed itself ingratiatingly against her, and she said "Good Pussy," stooped to stroke it and gave it a scrap of meat from her plate.
6 She gave him a last nod of sympathy while her son chirped to the horse; and Ethan, as she drove off, stood in the middle of the road and stared after the retreating sleigh.
7 Across its frozen surface, from the farther bank, a single hill rising against the western sun threw the long conical shadow which gave the lake its name.
8 Thus appealed to, Jeems gave up further pretense of not having overheard the conversation and furrowed his black brow.
9 He hadn't been in Atlanta more than twice since the house party he gave last year at Twelve Oaks.
10 Gerald helped his wife into the carriage and gave orders to the coachman to drive carefully.
11 His five tall brothers gave him good-by with admiring but slightly patronizing smiles, for Gerald was the baby and the little one of a brawny family.
12 James and Andrew listened to his story patiently but they gave him little encouragement.
13 These people, drawn from many different places and with many different backgrounds, gave the whole life of the County an informality that was new to Ellen, an informality to which she never quite accustomed herself.
14 This certainty of the morrow gave zest and enthusiasm to life, and the County people enjoyed life with a heartiness that Ellen could never understand.
15 She quickly brought order, dignity and grace into Gerald's household, and she gave Tara a beauty it had never had before.