 | Bret Harte - 1871 - 276 strani
...morning, looking into each other's faces, they read their fate. Neither spoke ; but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed...away. As the embers slowly blackened, the Duchess crept closer to Piney, and broke the silence of many hours : " Piney, can you pray ? " " No, dear,"... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1872 - 442 strani
...morning, looking into each other's faces, they read their fate. Neither spoke ; but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed...away. As the embers slowly blackened, the Duchess crept closer to Piney, and broke the silence of many hours : " Piney, can you pray ? " " No, dear,"... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1879 - 220 strani
...morning, looking into each other's faces, they read their fate. Neither spoke ; but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed...away. As the embers slowly blackened, the Duchess crept closer to Piney, and broke the silence of many hours : " Piney, can you "pray?" " No, dear,"... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 528 strani
...most dramatic incident ; but the picture of the two dead women is drawn with the finest touch : — " Toward morning they found themselves unable to feed...away. As the embers slowly blackened, the Duchess crept closer to Piney and broke the silence of many hours. ' Piney, can you pray ? ' ' No, dear,' said... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 496 strani
...most dramatic incident ; but the picture of the two dead women is drawn with the finest touch : — " Toward morning they found themselves unable to feed...away. As the embers slowly blackened, the Duchess crept closer to Piney and broke the silence of many hours. ' Piney, can you pray ? ' ' No, dear,' said... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 strani
...morning, looking into each other's faces, they read their fate. Neither spoke; but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed her arm around the Duchess' waist. They kept this attitude for the rest of the day. That night the storm reached its greatest... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 700 strani
...morning, looking into each other's faces, they read their fat«. Neither spoke ; but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed...away. As the embers slowly blackened, the Duchess crept closer to Piney, and broke the silence of many hours : " Piney, can you pray ?" "No, dear," said... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1903 - 292 strani
...stronger, drew near and placed her arm around the Duchess's waist. They kept this attitude for the fest of the day. That night the storm reached its greatest fury, and, rending asun. der the protecting pines, invaded the very hut. Toward morning they found themselves unable to... | |
 | Robert Ford - 1897 - 340 strani
...morning, looking into each other's faces, they read their fate. Neither spoke; but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed...asunder the protecting pines, invaded the very hut. " Towards morning they found themselves unable to feed the fire, which gradually died away. As the... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1899 - 548 strani
...morning, looking into each other's faces, they read their fate. Neither spoke ; but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed...away. As the embers slowly blackened, the Duchess crept closer to Piney, and broke the silence of many hours : " Piney, can you pray ? " " No, dear,"... | |
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... had quietly piled beside the hut enough fuel to last a few days longer. The tears rose to her eyes, but she hid them from Piney. The women slept but little. In the morning, looking into each other's faces, they read their fate. Neither spoke ; but... 
