"Discomposure" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sorry that you look upon it in that light," he remarked, still without the least sign of discomposure. "We will, if you do not mind, waive the discussion for the moment. Do you prefer a small restaurant or a corner in a big one? There is music at Frascati's but there are not so many people in ...
— The Tempting of Tavernake • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... To add to his discomposure one of those heavy sea-fogs peculiar to the locality began to drift across the hills and presently encompassed him. While endeavoring to evade its cold embraces, Padre Vicentio incautiously drove his heavy spurs into the flanks of his mule as that puzzled animal ...
— Legends and Tales • Bret Harte
... say I," I put in, taking his hand in my turn, and trying not to show my discomposure, "meaning to yourself, but not to your cause. Well—dear lad—heaven guard you, and give you a speedy return! For your sake and ours, may the whole thing be over before your campaign is begun. I should like to see a war, and be in one—but ...
— Philip Winwood • Robert Neilson Stephens
... many?" cried the Chancellor, in a shrill pipe usually associated with the physically deformed, but which from him meant no more than anxious discomposure. ...
— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett
... with sparkling eyes, laughing at my discomposure, in a half impatience of my stolid ...
— A Daughter of Raasay - A Tale of the '45 • William MacLeod Raine
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