"Staidly" Quotes from Famous Books
... the fire of his ecstasy in their union. The music stopped, and she clung to him dizzily while he applauded with the other dancers till the band renewed the tune. She had regained her mental with her bodily equilibrium, and she danced more staidly; yet she had seen into the crater of his heart and was not sorry ... — The Cup of Fury - A Novel of Cities and Shipyards • Rupert Hughes |