1 No one is ignorant of the fact that letters sent to an exile by post very rarely reached him, as the police made it their religious duty to intercept them.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817 2 As he had ceased to intercept Marius' visual ray, Marius could examine this thing, and in the daub, he actually did recognize a battle, a background of smoke, and a man carrying another man.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP 3 He heard her approach and withdraw from the partially open door; and twice or three times he even saw the shadow of a person intercept the light.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON 4 Karay, with all the strength age had left him, stretched himself to the utmost and, watching the wolf, galloped heavily aside to intercept it.
War and Peace(V3) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V 5 Natasha kept looking uneasily at everybody with wide-open eyes, as if wishing to intercept every glance directed toward her, and tried to appear the same as usual.
War and Peace(V3) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XIV 6 I saw your vessel, and fearful of being left to perish on the desolate island, I swam off on a piece of wreckage to try and intercept your course.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen. 7 He zealously undertook to do so, and to intercept any newspaper through which it might, without such precautions, reach him.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensGet Context In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS 8 She came forward smiling, eager almost, in her resolve to intercept him.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 1: Chapter 1 9 Unprepared for such a desperate effort, for she had hitherto stood perfectly motionless, Bois-Guilbert had neither time to intercept nor to stop her.
10 Their letters might be intercepted by the Yankees and bring trouble upon the plantation as well.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXVII 11 Scarlett stole glances at her companions and intercepted a look from India.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XLV 12 They charged him with writing a note to a white woman of the place, which they intercepted and which proved there was an intimacy existing between them.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-BarnettGet Context In III 13 On the other hand, Heyward began to throw sundry inducements in the way of the French general, to betray the discoveries he had made through the intercepted letter.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperGet Context In CHAPTER 15 14 Well, I have not intercepted your confidence, and yet I know all that as well as you, and I have no conscientious scruples.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 94. Maximilian's Avowal. 15 I guessed, however, by his irregular and intercepted breathing, that he struggled to vanquish an excess of violent emotion.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER III