"I hope that foolish girl has not annoyed you--at such a time as this," he said, very earnestly, when he returned to the sofa. "I can't tell you how grieved I am at what has happened.
I dropped back exhausted on the sofa as I said the words.
"Very well," answered Nick, "the broom shall be used for a tail," and he fastened it firmly to the back end of the sofa body.
The two sofas were now bound firmly together with ropes and clothes-lines, and then Nick Chopper fastened the Gump's head to one end.
Tom had by this time got both his legs on the sofa. If his second leg had not been already there when he was called a dear fellow, he would have put it up at that great stage of the conversation.
'Well!' he said, scrambling from the sofa. 'I must take my leave of you though.
She drew a chair to the foot of the sofa. She looked at him in a silent ecstasy of happiness, till the tears rose in her eyes.
I found her at the head of the sofa, when I returned.
She remained thus mysteriously still and suddenly collected till Mr Verloc was heard with an accent of marital authority, and moving slightly to make room for her to sit on the edge of the sofa.
Her right hand skimmed slightly the end of the table, and when she had passed on towards the sofa the carving knife had vanished without the slightest sound from the side of the dish.
When she had tossed a few trifles about, and had looked down into the darkening street out of all the three windows, she returned to her
sofa, and threw herself among its pillows.
Mademoiselle set the tray which she brought in upon a small table near at hand, and seated herself once again on the lumpy
sofa.
Pierre turned his whole body, making the
sofa creak.
Colin was on his
sofa in his dressing-gown and he was sitting up quite straight looking at a picture in one of the garden books and talking to the plain child who at that moment could scarcely be called plain at all because her face was so glowing with enjoyment.
As the old lady uttered the last words, I thought I saw her eyes turn from heaven, and take the earthly direction of the
sofa in the front parlor.
