Always afterwards, Barrett formally saluted her in the streets, affording her thus, every time, a thrilling moment of delicious joy.
" Which was true, as Ginevra and I were to be sent home in the carriage; and I passed him with the sliding obeisance with which he was wont to be saluted in classe by pupils crossing his estrade.
The coachman, a hard-faced, gnarled little fellow, saluted Sir Henry Baskerville, and in a few minutes we were flying swiftly down the broad, white road.
Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew.
But, as they were passing within good range of the mouth of the Mercy, two balls saluted them, and two more of their number were laid in the bottom of the boat.
" In the meantime, the flag was hoisted at the central window of Granite House, and the settlers saluted it with three cheers.
" And, at this moment, as if to bear witness to the truth of the sailor's words, two or three quadrumana showed themselves at the windows, from which they had pushed back the shutters, and saluted the real proprietors of the place with a thousand hideous grimaces.
This facade, situated at a height of eighty feet above the ground, was exposed to the east, and the rising sun saluted it with its first rays.
"Granite House," replied Harding; a name which his companions again saluted with a cheer.
Top, in beating the bushes, put up flocks of birds of different kinds, which Gideon Spilett and Herbert saluted with arrows.
" Merry gave a disdainful little sniff at the savory perfume of ham which saluted them, and paused with her hand on the gate, as if she found it pleasanter out there than in the house.
It had been easy for me to gain a temporary effect by a mirage of baseless opinion; but it is ever the trial of the scrupulous explorer to be saluted with the impatient scorn of chatterers who attempt only the smallest achievements, being indeed equipped for no other.
"The army all saluted As they marched along the road.
The wayfarer, as he reached him, saluted with a gesture of courtesy that had something foreign about it—hesitated a moment—then with a pleasant smile turned from the track and sat down by his side in the cool herbage.
He reined in the mile-an-hour pony (no difficult feat), and saluted the formidable monarch.
"Greetings, boys," he cried, and mechanically they saluted, and then again was silence.
Others saluted the efforts of diplomats.
After a few seconds, he lifted his head and saluted the crowd, with a wide grin.
In this attire, he went into the market place but no one saluted him and no one gave him any presents.
The two generals got down from their horses hastily and saluted.
