"Earshot" Quotes from Famous Books
... a warm night, and Father Healy was entertaining his friends in the garden of the Presbytery. They sat together on the green lawn that faces the town and the distant ocean. In a quiet and secluded place, just within earshot of their conversation, Molly Healy sat on the lawn, her back supported by a big pine tree. Near her a kitten was playing with Mollie's collie dog. Father Healy had returned from Goldenvale, and his cronies ... — Grey Town - An Australian Story • Gerald Baldwin
... to William, though they soon came to be claimed by the entire family. Bertram and Cyril frankly demanded that William read them aloud; and even Pete always contrived to have some dusting or "puttering" within earshot—a subterfuge quite well understood, but never reproved by ... — Miss Billy • Eleanor H. Porter
... and began to lead me on one side, and the guards hindered him until Ulfkytel shouted to them to draw aside in such wise as to prevent my riding off, though, bound as I was, it had been of little use to try to do so. Then they let the priest take me out of earshot, and maybe posted themselves in some way round us, ... — Wulfric the Weapon Thane • Charles W. Whistler
... as he was hustled across the road out of earshot. "Curse your courtesy, footpad! Some day you ... — The Justice of the King • Hamilton Drummond
... was given and received within earshot of a splendid fire on one of those tremendous January mornings when the temperature is perhaps twenty-five degrees below zero, when the very smoke cannot disperse in the frozen atmosphere, and the breath of man and beast ... — Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe
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