I was promptly on my feet of course, and with an immense deal to ask; the more that my friend had Discernibly now girded her loins to meet me once more.
"The Turn of the Screw"
Henry James
He was Discernibly trying to take for granted more things than he found, without assistance, quite easy; and he dropped into peaceful silence while he felt his situation.
"The Turn of the Screw"
Henry James
Mrs. Beale hereupon, though Discernibly disappointed, reminded her that he had not been promised as a certainty-a remark that caused the child to gaze at the Flowers through a blur in which they became more magnificent, yet oddly more confused, and by which moreover confusion was imparted to the aspect of a gentleman who at that moment, in the company of a lady, came out of the brilliant booth.
"What Maisie Knew"
Henry James