I don't know what it meant, and they did not know either, but they instinctively lessened the distance between themselves and it.

A very thin string will tow a very heavy body if there is no resistance, and the pace is slow.

The duke looked at Fay, who was at that moment being taken out for her first season by her grandmother, Lady Bellairs.

Fay tried to please him, as was her wont with all except men with beards.

She liked to have him in attendance.