"Unfastening" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that corner," replied Anne, taking off her collar and unfastening her white shirt waist. "Don't you remember, I labeled them and you laughed at me for ...
— Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School - Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities • Jessie Graham Flower
... Grace I see coming in," he said presently, rousing with a start. "She's at the gate, and—yes, she's unfastening it. ...
— The Story of Jessie • Mabel Quiller-Couch
... to hoping that once across the threshold of Courcelles he should find an expedient for unfastening this Gordian knot of his own tying. There are believers in the omnipotence of necessity who never turn back; the close presence of danger is an inspiration that calls out all their powers for victory. Gaston de Nueil ...
— The Deserted Woman • Honore de Balzac
... he is only suffering from shock, sir," the doctor answered, unfastening Tony's collar, which seemed to ...
— Bandit Love • Juanita Savage
... drop in Christie's full cup. She looked at the woman with a strong desire to do something violent, for every nerve was tingling with irritation and anger. But she controlled herself, though her face was colorless and her hands were more tremulous than before. Unfastening her comfortable cloak she replaced it with a shabby shawl; took off her neat bonnet and put on a hood, unfolded six linen shirts, and shook them out before her landlady's eyes; then retied the parcel, and, pausing on the threshold of the door, looked back with an expression ...
— Work: A Story of Experience • Louisa May Alcott
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