Spoke
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'Definiteness depends not on forms, but on love,' she said, growing more and more irritated not at his words but at the tone of cool tranquillity with which he
spoke.
She
spoke
softly, because the rapid beating of her heart impeded her breathing.
One of the ladies who had met the Volunteers
spoke
to Koznyshev at the exit from the waiting-room.
For six weeks he
spoke
to no one and ate only when I implored him to.
With her eyes on the ceiling she
spoke
slowly, while her man dressed himself.
When he
spoke
of Mouquette, in order to embarrass her, she told some horrible stories in a quiet voice, with much amusement.
They only
spoke
about their work.
They no longer spoke, they snorted, became enraged with the rock, which they would have hustled and driven back by the force of their shoulders if they had been able.
None of them
spoke.
The misery was too great; and he
spoke
of the workshops that were closing, the workers who were going away.
Cécile
spoke
again of her cousins, whose tastes interested, while at the same time they shocked her.
He
spoke
to them all familiarly, and replied without stopping:"Just leave me alone; you drink too much coffee."
And none
spoke
of the hump, though looks of uneasy compassion were constantly turned towards the poor little invalid.
Then he became confused,
spoke
of a debt of two francs which had reduced his family to despair.
She
spoke
with the soft voice of a big, delicate girl, without passion, simply tired of her life.
The two old men
spoke
little, scarcely exchanging ten words during the half-hour that they spent together.
He was a Russian, and never
spoke
of himself, so that many stories were afloat concerning him.
They
spoke
one after the other in a despairing voice, giving expression to their complaints.
With his enthusiastic voice he
spoke
on and on.
As to the methods of execution, he
spoke
more vaguely, mixing up his reading, and fearing before ignorant hearers to enter on explanations where he might lose himself.
And he listened for five minutes to the general secretary, a tall sallow gentleman, who
spoke
to him over the papers of his bureau without rising.
They
spoke
to the agonized man, asking him his name.
To disguise this kindness M. Hennebeau
spoke
of the embarrassment to a young man of setting up a household in one of those little villas reserved for the mine engineers, Madame Hennebeau had at once taken the part of a good aunt, treating her nephew with familiarity and watching over his comfort.
And besides, on the following day his wife
spoke
to him about the choice of Cécile Grégoire which she had made for her nephew.
And he quickly
spoke
to the manager:"It has come, then?
Neither of them
spoke.
He
spoke
first.
He
spoke
with the correct air of a high official avoiding any passionate interest in the matter, with the courteous dryness of a simple instrument of authority.
And when the director
spoke
he had that hidden force behind him delivering oracles.
No need; he
spoke
without drinking.
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