I hate being cautious, don't you ?" But St.John was decidedly cautious, as she could see by the sudden constriction of his lips, and had no intention of revealing his soul to a young lady.

"The ass is eating my hat," he remarked, and stretched out for it instead of answering her.

Evelyn blushed very slightly and then turned with some impetuosity upon Mr.Perrott, and when they mounted again it was Mr.Perrott who lifted her to her seat.
"When one has laid the eggs one eats the omelette," said Hughling Elliot, exquisitely in French, a hint to the rest of them that it was time to ride on again.
The midday sun which Hirst had foretold was beginning to beat down hotly.

The higher they got the more of the sky appeared, until the mountain was only a small tent of earth against an enormous blue background.

The English fell silent; the natives who walked beside the donkeys broke into queer wavering songs and tossed jokes from one to the other.