1 But Mrs. Tarleton was, as usual, deaf to all other ideas when pursuing her favorite topic, breeding, whether it be horses or humans.
2 Frantically she cast about in her mind for some other topic of conversation which would not be so personal but which would divert Mr. O'Hara from the purpose of his trip.
3 Talk always turned to war now, all conversations on any topic led from war or back to war--sometimes sad, often gay, but always war.
4 Then, seeing the question she feared hovering on the old lady's lips, she cast hastily about for some other topic of conversation.
5 Personally, I'm sick of him as a topic of conversation.
6 Whenever two former Confederates met anywhere, there was never but one topic of conversation, and where a dozen or more gathered together, it was a foregone conclusion that the war would be spiritedly refought.
7 There was, however, one topic she could rely on: one spring that she had only to touch to set his simple machinery in motion.
8 The protective instinct always nerved her to successful dissimulation, and it was not the first time she had used her beauty to divert attention from an inconvenient topic.
9 Winter garments surpassed even personal gossip as the topic at parties.
10 She had no opinions on anything more polemic than woolen union-suits, a topic on which Mrs. Howland discoursed for five minutes.
11 Before they could question her again Carol escorted in with drum and fife the topic of Raymie Wutherspoon.
12 I do not suppose that for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather.
13 The youth had been wriggling since the introduction of this topic.
14 It was the topic in every mouth, everywhere; and nothing was done in the house or in the field, but to discuss its probable results.
15 Marie seemed wonderfully supported, always, when she got upon this topic; and she now opened her eyes, and seemed quite to forget her languor.