"Comfortingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his hand found her shoulder and rubbed it comfortingly. "What is it, partner? Tell a fellow!" he urged, his tone an odd mixture ...
— The Top of the World • Ethel M. Dell
... gentlemen," said the driver comfortingly. "I'll have the agent telegraph the numbers back and they'll send 'em right along. It'll cost ...
— Left End Edwards • Ralph Henry Barbour
... as that," he said, chuckling, and patting her shoulder comfortingly. "It is her way to make much of a little. You see, she did not want anything for her injured cat, she merely wanted to come in ...
— Janice Day, The Young Homemaker • Helen Beecher Long
... half in earnest, but he was in earnest at least half. She wondered just what he meant for a moment, then it occurred to her that he meant Clarence, no less. She was on the verge of saying comfortingly: ...
— The Wishing-Ring Man • Margaret Widdemer
... of myself," said Elfrida comfortingly, "and I will again if you like. But I don't suppose it'll be ...
— Harding's luck • E. [Edith] Nesbit
... jacket and trousers. The sweater was awfully dirty she said, but she was finally prevailed upon to bring that too, and Billy obediently lay down with closed eyes and his arm stretched out comfortingly over the bundles. The nurse hovered round till he seemed to be asleep and then slipped out for a moment, and the instant her white skirt had vanished from the doorway Billy was alert. He fumbled the ...
— The City of Fire • Grace Livingston Hill
... turned to noise, and the two little girls, with the fresh ribbons in their hair, joined him. Tom's face was drawn and white, though the smitten cheek still blazed, and Saxon wanted to put her arms comfortingly around him, yet dared not. He ...
— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London
... lost too," said Betty comfortingly. But Dan was already racing up through the dark wet street, too absorbed by the heroic side of his actions to spare a thought ...
— Kitty Trenire • Mabel Quiller-Couch
... goats, and Bello," answered Seppi comfortingly. He looked straight up into the sky. Little wisps of clouds were gathering around the crest of old Pilatus now. The sun was suddenly hidden, and he felt a drop of rain. "It's going to rain here in a minute, and hard, ...
— The Swiss Twins • Lucy Fitch Perkins |
