Distance
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On one occasion, it was a Sunday, four years later, M. de Renal, as he walked home from church in his mayoral attire, saw at a
distance
old Sorel, supported by his three sons, watching him with a smile.
...This tutor, once I've secured him, will he wear a cassock?'M. de Renal was absorbed in this question when he saw in the
distance
a peasant, a man of nearly six feet in height, who, by the first dawning light, seemed to be busily occupied in measuring pieces of timber lying by the side of the Doubs, upon the towpath.
Julien answered them all with an air of gloom which kept them at a
distance.
Lost in a vague and pleasant dream, so foreign to his nature, gently pressing that hand which pleased him as an example of perfect beauty, he gave a divided attention to the rustle of the leaves of the lime, stirred by the gentle night breeze, and to the dogs at the mill by the Doubs, barking in the
distance.
Making the excuse that he had something to say to the children, Julien went up to their room, and on his return placed himself by the side of Madame Derville and at a
distance
from Madame de Renal.
Finally, her carriage passing out at a gallop through another of the gates of the town, she made her way back to the road along which the King was to pass, and was able to follow the Guard of Honour at a
distance
of twenty paces, in a noble cloud of dust.
The costliness of his lace-bordered surplice brought Julien to a standstill some
distance
away from the magnificent mirror.
The fact of the matter was that this mansion was visible from a
distance
of three or four leagues, to the great detriment of all the country houses or so-called _chateaux_ of the neighbourhood, which had been allowed to retain the humble grey tones imparted to them by time.
She recovered her calm as though by magic on entering the garden and seeing her husband in the
distance.
It was much worse a quarter of an hour later; they could hear in the
distance
a few snatches of a popular and, it must be admitted, not too refined song which one of the inmates was singing.
Finally, during the night that followed the third day, she heard in the
distance
the signal arranged between them.
THE VALENOD OF BESANCONHe saw from a
distance
the cross of gilded iron over the door; he went towards it slowly; his legs seemed to be giving way under him.
He saw in the
distance
the abbe Chas-Bernard, standing by the door of his beloved Cathedral; he was a large man with a joyful countenance and an open air.
He was little impressed by the first view of Paris seen in the
distance.
Passing unperceived owing to his lack of importance, Julien approached several groups in turn; he was following Baron Baton at a distance, and wished to hear him talk.
Now, my friend,' he went on, 'go and lie down for a few hours, and for fear of your being abducted, I am going to lock you into your room.'Next day, the Marquis took Julien to a lonely mansion, at some
distance
from Paris.
'Follow me at distance,' said the other, without looking at him.
The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a
distance
of fifty years.
His imagination perceived them now only vaguely, and so to speak in the
distance.
And the three of them did immediately retreat a few steps, the old pair even found themselves behind the man who then concealed them with the breadth of his body and seemed, going by the movements of his mouth, to be saying something incomprehensible into the
distance.
He had thought that he would recognise the building from a
distance
by some kind of sign, without knowing exactly what the sign would look like, or from some particular kind of activity outside the entrance.
And now one of the servitors appeared in the distance, with another a few steps behind him.
In the distance, he heard the steps of the servitors; he did not want them to be too aware of his presence, so he closed the window and walked towards the main staircase.
As he went down the main stairway at the front of the bank, he looked carefully round at everyone who was passing, but there was no girl to be seen who might have been waiting for somebody, not even within some
distance
from the bank.
Then, in the distance, he saw a church official who limped away through a doorway in the wall.
In the
distance
there was a large triangle of candles flickering on the main altar, K. was not certain whether he had seen them earlier.
It was very simple, made of plain white stone, and so small that from a
distance
it looked like an empty niche where the statue of a saint ought to have been.
Show the examining judge a woman in the
distance
and he'll run right over the desk, and the accused, just to get to her as soon as he can."
asked K."If you're not going to give a sermon come down here with me.""Now I can come down," said the priest, perhaps he regretted having shouted at K. As he took down the lamp from its hook he said, "to start off with I had to speak to you from a
distance.
Even at close
distance
the priest did not lose a certain solemnity that seemed to be part of his character.
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