But when at last he saw that Reddy was beginning to get uneasy, Blacky spoke.
Finally Blacky spoke.
Tranquil and reserved, he spoke little and coveted neither fame nor fortune.
Yet she had seen something in Aunt Elizabeth's eyes when she had flung that last stinging sentence at her—something that spoke of bitter hurt.
When he spoke of Athens as "the City of the Violet Crown" Emily realized afresh what magic is made when the right words are wedded; and she loved to think of284 Rome as "the City of the Seven Hills.
That was a Murray tradition—you looked people in the face when you spoke to them.
Aunt Elizabeth spoke up and said, "I do wish, Ruth, that you and Wallace would leave that child alone.
Aunt Laura wepped when she came home and then spoke to Mrs.
Before that she spoke English.
She always spoke crisply and used no unnecessary words.
In they came; down they sat around the room; Emily held her breath; for a few minutes nobody spoke, though Aunt Eva sighed long and heavily.
And when she spoke it was in a beautiful, soft voice.
" "I told Oliver Murray—it was he who spoke to me about you—that as long as I lived I would not be parted from my child.
Emily never spoke of it to any one else.
Well, she done the very same thing; there was more'n one spoke of it.
Well, she done the very same thing; there was more'n one spoke of it.
But, she thought, if there were somebody who not only loved but understood; who spoke her language, comprehended her desires, and responded to her mysterious longings!
" (It was the darker maiden spoke The words I just have stated, The maidens twain were simply friends And not at all related.
Emma Jane and I spoke a dialogue about a city girl and a country girl, and it came to me just the minute before I started how nice it would come in for the city girl; and it did.
) Hannah spoke only when spoken to, instead of first, last, and all the time; Hannah at fourteen was a member of the church; Hannah liked to knit; Hannah was, probably, or would have been, a pattern of all the smaller virtues; instead of which here was this black-haired gypsy, with eyes as big as cartwheels, installed as a member of the household.
