Valancy had once seen a squirrel leap from a scrub pine to his shoulder and sit there chattering to him.
Becky's lips trembled and the tears came to her eyes; she hid these signs with a forced gayety and went on chattering, but the life had gone out of the picnic, now, and out of everything else; she got away as soon as she could and hid herself and had what her sex call "a good cry.
The lads came gayly back and went at their sports again with a will, chattering all the time about Tom's stupendous plan and admiring the genius of it.
There came also children's voices, for so safe did the boys feel in their hiding-place that they were gaily chattering.
And now the animals gave up chattering and sat around silent, anxious and miserable.
" All at once, the three children's faces lit up, and they began to bounce around in the back seat, laughing and chattering.
Chattering and memory swapping, we were fifteen again in a space of five minutes.
He who doesn't like chattering women must stay a bachelor.
All at once, the three children's faces lit up, and they began to bounce around in the back seat, laughing and chattering.
Nobody was looking they were all chattering about their ship as if they actually liked the beastly thing.
And then all the old women put their heads out of doors and windows and began chattering and cheering because it was a king, and what is a governor compared with that?
After that followed what seemed a very long delay during which her face got blue and her teeth began chattering.
Chattering and memory swapping, we were fifteen again in a space of five minutes.
Strength in Europe: Market strategists were chattering non-stop in January about Europe's economic weakness and deflation concerns.
Though it is gaining traction, this antigossip push can sound quaint, especially in a nation that nonchalantly lost millions of hours in productivity last month chattering about Tiger Woods.
After school the children left in little groups, chattering about the great day yet to come when long-hoped-for two-wheelers and bright sleds would appear beside their trees at home.
All at once, the three children's faces lit up, and they began to bounce around in the back seat, laughing and chattering.
Occasionally he'd approach, lips taut, exposing a nervous smile full of chattering teeth.
After school the children left in little groups, chattering about the great day yet to come when long-hoped-for two-wheelers and bright sleds would appear beside their trees at home.
Chattering meanwhile in a language we could not understand, and clutching at ropes and gangways, they swarmed up the ship's side with such speed and agility that they almost seemed to fly.
