One morning little Georgette had been more feverish and consequently more peevish; she was crying, and would not be pacified.
Fate would not so be pacified; nor would Providence sanction this shrinking sloth and cowardly indolence.
This promise poorly pacified her; but time was more potent; and though still at intervals she inquired of her father when Linton would return, before she did see him again his features had waxed so dim in her memory that she did not recognise him.
" But Toad whimpered, and the other two promised that they would be answerable for his good conduct, and at last the Badger was pacified, and the procession moved on; only this time the Rat brought up the rear, with a firm grip on the shoulder of Toad.
Better than a thousand utterance with useless word is one single beneficial word, by hearing which one is pacified.
The painter, however, consoled the little fellow, and tried to soften the lady's anger; but she would not be pacified till her husband returned with Bellissima, who had been with the police.
