1 To him, who was never gay but in her presence, her gaiety seemed plain proof of indifference.
2 A wave of shyness pulled him back into the dark angle of the wall, and he stood there in silence instead of making his presence known to her.
3 He was not sorry to assure himself of Jotham's neutralising presence at the supper table, for Zeena was always "nervous" after a journey.
4 She was no longer the listless creature who had lived at his side in a state of sullen self-absorption, but a mysterious alien presence, an evil energy secreted from the long years of silent brooding.
5 Now these and all other tokens of her presence had vanished and the room looked as bare and comfortless as when Zeena had shown her into it on the day of her arrival.
6 Since the day of the speaking, Stuart had been uncomfortable in India's presence.
7 Abel was a shrewd, grave giant, illiterate, kind of heart, older than the other boys and with as good or better manners in the presence of ladies.
8 Scarlett looked at her father in the fading light, and, without knowing why, she found it comforting to be in his presence.
9 But, in the depths of the first tragedy she had ever known, she wanted the very comfort of her mother's presence.
10 Heretofore she had never bothered to control her temper except in Ellen's presence.
11 Scarlett was not the only member of the household who reacted strangely and unwillingly to his presence, for he kept Aunt Pitty in a flutter and a ferment.
12 Generally Scarlett was annoyed by the child's presence, but he always behaved nicely in Rhett's arms.
13 Only the respect due Miss Pittypat and his presence under her roof as a guest had restrained him from showing his feelings more obviously.
14 Silent or not, she thanked Heaven for the comfort of his presence.
15 No one could cry in the presence of Grandma Fontaine without her express permission.