" assented Adam heartily; "but why should you take the whole responsibility?
" Rebecca willingly assented.
They gladly assented, and broke into a chorus of excited thanks during which tears of joy stood in Rebecca's eyes.
" "Yes," assented Emma Jane, "it is, of course; with your name on the board, and our pointing to your flag, and our elergant dialogue, and all that.
' She assented with a ready smile.
'Very,' Anna assented willingly.
' The child assented, glad of the chance.
' 'Yes,' Anna assented coldly.
" Again I assented.
" Of course I assented.
" "She is not much changed," I assented.
" "Quite mad," I assented; "as mad as a March hare.
" "Cornelia'll rake us fore and aft, no doubt," assented Captain Jim.
" And Lydgate assented, thinking that he fully understood this wish.
Rosamond, who at the first moment felt as if her happiness were returning, was keenly hurt by Lydgate's manner; her blush had departed, and she assented coldly, without adding an unnecessary word, some trivial chain-work which she had in her hands enabling her to avoid looking at Lydgate higher than his chin.
He assented to her expressions of devout feeling, and usually with an appropriate quotation; he allowed himself to say that he had gone through some spiritual conflicts in his youth; in short, Dorothea saw that here she might reckon on understanding, sympathy, and guidance.
" His two friends assented, quite understanding his point.
" "Why, of course, if you want me to," assented Anne cheerfully.
" "No," assented Tom, "they don't kill the women—they're too noble.
I was both amused and willing, so I readily assented.
