...which led into the side passage and the outer door were both open, and Eliot, forgetful of everything but his sister, was rushing into the street, when...evasion — " He was engaged now, would come some other time,1' &c., but she was not to be eluded ; and seeing some acquaintances approaching, whose observation...

...vividness of the image stamped on her memory. She bad thrown on her cloak, but had nothing on her bead, and her hair fell in its natural fair curls over her...common-place evasion — " He was engaged now, would COOMsome other time," &c., but she was not to be eluded ; and seeing some acquaintance* «v proaching,...

...to appear in this guise in the public street, or to appear there at all, and much as he was started by her faded, stricken form, the truth did not at...her, as she had something there to restore to him. He endeavored to put her off with a commonplace evasion — ' he was engaged now, would come some other...

...Meredith. The wildness of her eye was subdued in the dim twilight; she spoke in her accustomed quietmanner; and after answering to his first inquiry that she...endeavoured to put her off with a common-place evasion, "Ho was engaged now, would come some other time," &c., hut she was not to ba eluded ; and seeing some...

...startled by her faded, stricken form, the truth did not at once occur to Meredith. The wildness of her rye was subdued in the dim twilight; she spoke in her...answering to his first inquiry that she was perfectly well wotr, she begged him to go into Mrs. Archer's with her, as she had something there to restore to him....