The old countess, Vronsky's mother, with her steel-gray curls, was in his brother's
box.
Thus, in our case, the arms full of toys have frequently been followed quickly by the
box, and the
box in turn by the word "
box.
Their
box was pervaded by that atmosphere of an affianced couple which Natasha knew so well and liked so much.
Kit rather wondered what this meant, but as he couldn't stop there, asking questions, he shouldered the
box again and followed the girl into the hall, where through a back-door he descried Mr Garland leading Whisker in triumph up the garden, after that self-willed pony had (as he afterwards learned) dodged the family round a small paddock in the rear, for one hour and three quarters.
Mademoiselle Eugenie, however, merely returned a dissenting movement of the head, while, with a cold smile, she directed the attention of her mother to an opposite
box on the first circle, in which sat the Countess G , and where Morcerf had just made his appearance.
He took the tin
box from his brother's hand, and emptied it of the lozenges, returning half of them to Jacob, but secretly keeping the rest in his own hand.
I found no effect from all I could do, but plainly perceived my closet to be moved along; and in the space of an hour, or better, that side of the
box where the staples were, and had no windows, struck against something that was hard.
He evidently fears discovery or interference, in the state of helplessness in which he must be, confined as he is between dawn and sunset in his wooden
box.
I have brought something better than news," said I, putting down the
box upon the table and speaking jovially and boisterously, though my heart was heavy within me.
He had opened his oblong
box, in order to feast his eyes on the pictorial treasure within.
After being some time absent, as if in his covetousness he could hardly make up his mind to produce the treasure to his partner, he returned with an old leathern hat-
box, into which he had put the other
box, for the better preservation of commonplace appearances, and for the disarming of suspicion.
How this miracle of fire and ice was to be created, and to sustain itself in a harsh world, he had never taken the time to think out; but he was content to hold his view without analysing it, since he knew it was that of all the carefully-brushed, white-waistcoated, button- hole-flowered gentlemen who succeeded each other in the club
box, exchanged friendly greetings with him, and turned their opera-glasses critically on the circle of ladies who were the product of the system.
