"Very softly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... shaky in the middle—and, putting my head through the loft, gave a greeting to a number of dark figures lying in the same kind of straw that I had smelled downstairs. One boy was sitting with his back to the beams, playing a penny whistle very softly to himself, or perhaps to the rats under ...
— Now It Can Be Told • Philip Gibbs
... his horse's neck and said very softly, "She is his wife." I had to wait long for him to say more, but at length, with the same measured mildness, he spoke on. This amazing Charlotte, bereft of father, brother and mother, ward of a light-headed married sister, and in these distracted times ...
— The Cavalier • George Washington Cable
... said, very softly. "Good! I was in hopes it wouldn't. So, here's another plan." Her voice had become very winning. "Suppose you could go West—some place where you would have a fair chance, with money enough so you could live like a human being ...
— Within the Law - From the Play of Bayard Veiller • Marvin Dana
... won't tell you anything if they can help it—girls like that—and I didn't try to make her tell. I gave her something to quiet her and stayed with her until she was asleep, but when I went in the room this morning she was gone. Bettina said she heard some one unbolt the door very softly, but ...
— People Like That • Kate Langley Bosher
... longer, if you please," said his wife; and then she cried out very softly, "Anne, sister Anne, ...
— Types of Children's Literature • Edited by Walter Barnes
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