"Ready and waiting" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of a game, but how natural it would be that sometime—perhaps before long—there would be a real rising! Surely there would be one if the Secret Party had grown so strong, and if many weapons and secret friends in other countries were ready and waiting. During all these years, hidden work and preparation would have been going on continually, even though it was preparation for an unknown day. A party which had lasted so long—which passed its oath on from generation to generation—must be ...
— The Lost Prince • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... Zoe, "though I ought to, as I'm so much older. But there, I dare say Max is ready and waiting for me, ...
— Elsie's New Relations • Martha Finley
... education. Only let the means for a complete physical development be organized, and announced as an integral part of our system of education, and parents would be filled with grateful satisfaction. The people are ready and waiting. No want is so universal, none so deeply felt. But how shall symmetry and vigor be reached? What are the means? Where is the school? During the heat of the summer our city-girls go into the country, perhaps to the mountains: ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 • Various
... house at once," he continued. "It's a sort of a sanctuary, you know; you'll be safe there to-day. If you value your life, don't set foot outside the place, and I'd even be chary about picking flowers in the garden," he added in his droll way. "To-night, Jose and I will have your horses ready and waiting for you in the canon at the foot of the trail which leads to the top of the mesa overlooking the valley. You must get away under cover of the dusk before the moon rises. Old Manuela will give you the ...
— When Dreams Come True • Ritter Brown
... result—its passage. The house must do its work over again, of course, but the same membership was there to see that it did it.—The Senate was secure—Senator Dilworthy was able to put all doubts to rest on that head. Indeed it was no secret in Washington that a two-thirds vote in the Senate was ready and waiting to be cast for the University bill as soon as it should ...
— The Gilded Age, Complete • Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
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