| 单词 | half-light |
| 例句 | She liked the campus, grave with knowledge, the Gothic buildings with their vine-laced walls, and the way everything transformed, in the half-light of night, into a ghostly scene. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They stood looking at each other in the half-light, Faber and Montag, as if each did not believe in the other's existence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only a dark square in the half-light; there were no lights on, and to a casual traveler on the road, no sign of life. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A gray-green mist filled the wooded air with a soft half-light, making the surrounding trees rise up like vaulting shadows. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z In the half-light I could see Grandpa out in Granny’s rose garden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then, in the half-light of early morning, she saw something peeking out from the shadows beneath the bed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the half-light of dawn, I plunge my hand deeper into the darkness inside the wall, searching for honey, dreaming, as always, of golden treasures. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Toward daybreak, as I sat up, reading in the half-light one of the ballad-sheets on the walls, Sander woke and peered drowsily at me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And yet, standing there in dusty half-light in that dead house that seemed so alive with ghosts, I thought, maybe .. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It took a few seconds for her to find me, crouching by the window in the half-light of an afternoon behind drapes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He was looking past the rim of half-light that came from the cabin window and pushed back the darkness in a circle that lost itself around the ends of the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo looked up, very surprised, and noticed for the first time, in the half-light of the room, a pleasant-looking old lady quietly knitting and rocking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The marmalade cat loomed up out of the half-light. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Seen through my driving goggles, he looked dim in the half-light. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the green half-light, at the mouth of one of these holes, two rabbits were sitting together side by side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the half-light of dusk I see them, five of them, crouched on a hill, their naked bodies painted, arrows flying from their longbows. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z On either side and in front wide fens and mires now lay, stretching away southward and eastward into the dim half-light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I could read the headlines by turning it so the half-light from the window was on it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The wet, black trunks of trees loomed out of the foggy half-light. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at her in the half-light of the freeway. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I creep out onto the landing and tiptoe down the stairs in the half-light. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She stayed there, pumping on his chest and whatnot, a fierce kinda goddess in the half-light. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And in the half-light of evening the dung carts had come out, attended by half-naked slaves whose task it was to shovel up the steaming piles left by elephants both great and small. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The things on Jon’s work table glint in this half-light: the flat blade of a chisel, the head of a hammer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The blackbird flew off his shoulder and vanished in midair, and there was the angel again, sulking in the half-light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Two swift hours passed, and now the king sat upon his white horse, glimmering in the half-light. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Mariela had made a wrong turn exiting the stage in one scene, then sort of U-turned and scampered off in half-light. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z You saw them as your eyes adjusted themselves to the half-light. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z By dawn, the advancing soldiers could see figures all around them in the half-light, armed men running through the surrounding fields, outpacing the British in their rush to get to Lexington. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused and looked across the down, as though still seeking the bleeding rabbit who had vanished in the half-light. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After that I think we went back to talking in a more or less friendly way, and then before long we were making our way down the footpath in the half-light back to the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear a rustling nearby and squint in the half-light, but see nothing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z My father's face, in the half-light, betrayed no emotion whatsoever. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Sarai lingered in the half-light of the gallery, listening to the rhythms of Sparrow and Ruby arguing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His drones had the air of a choir robbed of words and faith, and in the half-light ornate frescoes became toothy monsters, the organ a snarling baleen. Unsound of the underground ? the festival that feels like a s?ance 2010-10-27T15:33:00Z They dance in a half-light beautifully achieved by M. L. Geiger. Dance Review: Vail International Dance Festival Presents 4 Premieres 2012-08-07T21:57:02Z As she raised the ghosts of TS Eliot's poem and the lost voices of London in the mysterious half-light of Wilton's Music Hall in the East End, they felt more like seances than poetry recitations. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – review 2013-01-10T14:57:31Z The time period is that mystical half-light of history when Scandinavia was little more than scattered Norse villages; when wisdom was woven with superstition much as the land is interlaced with fjords. Neal Shusterman Reviews Gary Paulsen’s Final Novel 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In the half-light, the surrounding stones seem almost familiar and scarcely mysterious. Stonehenge at Dawn, Inside the Circle 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Even in the half-light, the cracked leather of the old, shrunken children’s shoes bore clear impressions of the tiny feet that once filled them. Witch Houses of the Hudson Valley 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z But the most interesting meditation in the play, on the opposition between culture and nature, is delicately handled, thoughts on the subject arising in an appealing half-light. Geffen Playhouse's 'Guards at the Taj' has elements of 'Godot' and gallows humor 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z He sits in the half-light tinkering with stopped clocks and fans; he makes his meals on a gas burner in the corner. Next Stop: In Rome, Monti Is a Quiet Treasure 2011-07-01T17:00:00Z In the half-light the bartender leans in, all ears, and hears: ‘Predestination’: a strange, imaginative trip through time 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z “Do you think he’s the only one I entertain?” she murmurs in an English accent, alone in the half-light. A day in a theater life: Backstage with Shalwitz and Kahn 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z In the half-light of Edinburgh's Scottish Poetry Library, some thought-provoking news arrived from a poet: Europe needs 674 million immigrants by 2050. Tom Pow's poetry keeps Dying Villages alive 2010-05-28T08:57:00Z But when we first see her in half-light standing over the bloodied body of a naked man, she registers not as the femme fatale in the picture but the damsel in distress. Review: In David Hare’s ‘Plenty,’ Time Takes the Edge Off a Femme Fatale 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z But in full light or half-light or no light at all, “The Flatiron Hex” is a dauntingly original and possibly hallucinogenic delight. Review: ‘The Flatiron Hex,’ a Delirious Tale With Puppets and Ickiness 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Though she stops short of wardrobe color-coding, she cannily divides navy from black in her closet to bypass the time-consuming process of discerning between the two in the early morning half-light. How to De-Clutter Your Life, the Anya Hindmarch Way 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z “I’m just going to work now,” I muttered, a half-truth in the half-light. After 264 Haircuts, a Marriage Ends 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z It begins with Mr. Riener circumnavigating a slowly expanding point of light on the floor; in the half-light, he every so often emphatically changes his gait. Rashaun Mitchell’s ‘Light Years,’ Surreal Yet Supple 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Take advantage of the brief moment of muddy half-light that passes for daytime to herd everyone outside, no excuses, no exceptions. 7 ways to survive New Year’s Eve 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z The whole place was eerily silent and empty, except for a few museum exhibits dotted around the edge and a golden cross where the nave used to be, glowing in the half-light. Lund, Sweden: Viking roots, off the beaten track 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z It was with her hand that I took notes in the frozen half-light. Janet Fitch on writing her new novel, 'The Revolution of Marina M.' 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z They stand there in the half-light for a few seconds, piled together in a tangle of intertwined arms, swaying; all for one and one for all. Carrying the Fire 2010-08-27T23:02:00Z Off I trudged, in the predawn half-light, past a Cargill warehouse and a scrap metal heap, through pleasant residential neighborhoods and finally into the center of town. Frugal Traveler: A Weekend in Hungary, Chosen at Random 2014-02-05T17:08:45Z He took a few pictures in the half-light. Alfred Wertheimer, photographer of the young Elvis Presley, dies at 84 The camera picks them up in ambient half-light, illuminated here and there by the bright, annoying flicker of mobile phones. Deep and meaningful: Roman Ond?k's Time Capsule 2011-03-15T21:30:01Z “A man’s power is in the half-light,” Cromwell thinks to himself. Hilary Mantel’s Triumphant New Novel Brings Thomas Cromwell Across the Finish Line 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z When they're gazing out of their apartment windows in the half-light, it must seem genuinely bewildering how they got from a distinction at catering college to making a cakey replica of the Hubble Space Telescope. The continuing legacy of Pimp My Ride 2011-08-11T10:48:43Z “The desert landscape is always at its best in the half-light of dawn or dusk,” Bowles wrote. Morocco, From Coast to Desert 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Against a backdrop of naked winter trees, this Sleeping Beauty plays out in a nightmarish, monochrome landscape, the half-light alleviated by no more than a flash of gold or a blood-red dress. Sleeping Beauty – review 2012-12-12T18:16:01Z Built from rammed earth and powered by geothermal and solar energy, it contains two basement “cave” installations made from brilliantly colored butterfly wings sealed in mica, which glittered like dragon scales in the half-light. In Boulder, Where Inner Peace Meets Outer Beauty 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In “Resurrection,” Rebecca Hall speaks for seven minutes, in the hushed half-light of an office after hours, to an intern she has been mentoring. When the Camera Can’t Turn Away, These Women Force Us to Listen 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The sense of a lost and mythical world brought into the half-light would be irrelevant, though, if the resurrected objects didn’t live up to the promise — and they do. Museum Review: Cleopatra?s Underwater Kingdom 2010-06-03T21:59:00Z Even in the half-light, the words You'll Never Walk Alone, the Rodgers and Hammerstein song forever linked with Liverpool Football Club, were unmistakable. How Eurovision became an LGBTQ+ safe space 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The room where the picture was taken is the "Eighteenth Century Room" and the photo has a rather painterly quality, with its rich red and gold colours, the King portrayed in half-light and half-shadow. King Charles' less formal photo as working monarch 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Since the early 1800s, when rich, high-ranking Ottoman officials known as pashas were said to have used their houseboats to rendezvous with their mistresses, the boats have radiated a kind of louche, half-light glamour. Egypt Destroys Nile Houseboats, Washing Away a Living Lore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Somaliland’s half-light existence as an unrecognized state has complicated its pandemic response. In Somaliland, COVID brings ‘cutters’ door to door for girls 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z In the half-light inside the closed Ma Bourgogne, Mr. Cougoureux’s tables and chairs were stacked up, gathering dust. As Paris Tiptoes Toward Normalcy, Infections Are Sharply Down 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z There is a palpable sadness that emanates from her image of a shell-shocked Lennon standing in the ghostly half-light, but she much preferred another portrait she made in the same session. Astrid Kirchherr: a stylish outsider who saw the beauty of the Beatles 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Cody stayed behind, but she and Michael kicked out in the frigid water, and in the half-light, Renee could see the shore around her wreathed in smoke, and orange flashes of flame. 'It sounded evil': inside the eerie moment California’s deadliest wildfire began 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z In the half-light of a bathroom, he slowly twists his arms in a series of oddly balletic poses as a haunting cello solo plays. 'My cello became Joaquin Phoenix's Joker' 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Now, sitting in the half-light of his prison dormitory room, he found he could barely swallow. Can You Talk Your Way Out of a Life Sentence? 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Important with her mission, Gillian went out onto the landing, calling their names in a low voice, raising her hand to knock before she poked her head around their bedroom doors into the fusty half-light. “The Bunty Club” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z He has returned to better understand his son, who left his home state of Kentucky as a young man for a life his family could never fathom and conveniently kept in a half-light. Ain Gordon unmasks gay history in '217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous' 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z But in the half-light of dusk I turned around several times and saw her, standing there in the middle of the field. “The Confession” 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z If I’m silent, the void of half-light will gobble me up. Love in a time of trash-eating mushrooms 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z A heavy boxing bag swung with barely perceptible creaks, keeping time in the half-light of the dusty old garage. ‘I don’t look like most people’s idea of a Gypsy’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Barely seeing my husband’s face in the eerie tent half-light fills up my heart. Olympic National Park is no place for Growler jets 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Was I jealous of the garnish on Moira’s cocktail, semi-visible in the half-light, possibly several actual blackberries impaled on a little stick? Dinner at a Movie: A food writer and film critic test out the Seattle-area movie theater with the $27 seats (truly!) 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z In the half-light, food supplies were shared - bread and skerpikjot, fermented legs of lamb, which the men carved with sharp hunting knives at their belts. Abseiling down a cliff at night to kill 500 gannets 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z She walked up the street in the half-light, until she could make out the figures of a man and woman in front of the house, locked in an argument. A Dallas suburb is horrified after game night turns bloody, leaving 9 dead from one house 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z The operation to begin shifting the first of the 11,500 tonne giants happened dramatically in the half-light of a Norwegian summer night. World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland - BBC News 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z It was early in the morning of May 11, quiet in the half-light in the eighth-floor apartment in the South Bronx. Grandmother’s Killing Lays Bare a Dilemma in Child Welfare Work 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z So now, the alarm rings in a gloomy half-light whose mood seems amplified by the shrill morning newscasts detailing the latest ugly turn in this year’s presidential campaign. Editorials from around New England 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z We are waiting for a group of cyclists to form near the minibus queue, which in the half-light of 6am already stretches around the block. Can Johannesburg reinvent itself as Africa’s first cycle-friendly megacity? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Her mother's home, where Natalia lives, is usually in half-light, because sunlight is not good for burns. Colombian acid attack victim Natalia Ponce's long recovery - BBC News 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z In the half-light of evening, Roshan surveys the settlement, his chest thrown out. Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z He had adequately assayed the chick and even imagined her lying on her mean little bed, despite the half-light. Tram 83, the Congolese novel that's wowing the literary world - extract 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The shade travels from one sideline to the other, making the court half-light and half-dark in midafternoon. A New Yorker’s Guide to the National Tennis Center 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Where in the past dusk and dawn signalled the time to sleep and the time to wake, it seems that now the light and the half-light of the day has conquered the night. Viewpoint: Why don't people talk about their dreams? - BBC News 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Through the second half, Kinvara does its best, reaching high for the ball, then arcing it into the half-light in hopes of some magical spark to power their legs and lengthen their drives. A Passion for Hurling, the All-Ireland Game 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z He took to slipping in and out in the half-light, trying to avoid crossing paths with the men who had beaten him. Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Many got an unexpected reception, with a dozen cameramen, photographers and journalists rushing toward the landing boats in the half-light. Overwhelmed authorities on Greek holiday island of Kos race to ease number of trapped refugees 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Soon he is on a small mound in the half-light, throwing hard from a set position. Defying Time and Space 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z In the half-light I saw a strained, old face and a body moving stiffly’ The blood was no longer circulating in my hands and feet. The night I helped my mother escape North Korea 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z In the half-light an ornate Plaza teaspoon gleams. Ghost City 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z I left really early for an interview and got dressed in half-light. Your 10 wildest job interview stories: 'Full-frontal naked picture on the CV' 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z In short, many people decorating a bedroom may be tempted by window coverings that leave the bedroom in a state of half-light rather than true dark. The plague of light in our bedrooms 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z It arced into the murky half-light of the ravine and disappeared. Howard loves Polly 2014-02-12T18:21:20.955Z In the half-light I saw a strained, old face and a body moving very stiffly. The night I helped my mother escape North Korea 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z In the half-light, greyish dust sifted down, blanketing the ground and turning trees to ghosts. Human migrations: Eastern odyssey 2012-05-02T17:20:27.767Z It was that half-light which is neither night nor day--a weird and ghostly light, pervading like a mist the shadows of the Wood. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z On the one side of Crouch was Cookson; on the other, Whisker, who seemed more bulky, more huge than ever, since his great form was silhouetted against the half-light of approaching day. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z He saw that he was detected, and for an instant he scowled at her in the half-light of the narrow passage, uncertain what to do. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The brilliant sunshine outside was blinding to her eyes, accustomed so far only to the half-light of the hive. Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z His dark eyes were seen to flash in the half-light in the hut. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z In that half-light we looked at one another. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z It was in the mysterious half-light of the gloaming that we mounted the steps leading to the door and found it open at a touch. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It was apparent that, newly come from the daylight, the new-comer was unable to see in the half-light of the cavern. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z In the half-light of the passage within, which faded tapestry and a stand of arms relieved from utter bareness, the woman who had admitted her faced her sourly. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z There was a kind of half-light which it is difficult to describe, and which seemed to emanate from nowhere. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z I awoke to behold the half-light of approaching day. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z In the half-light she could see the strong, good face. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z He was a big loosely-built man in dungarees, with the pallid face of one accustomed to the half-light and heat of the engine-room, but in his case it was also unhealthily puffy. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Each bore aloft a carved escutcheon, and in that weird half-light and with a backing of dark forest trees the two might have been taken for ghosts. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z In the half-light of morning, the party left the stockade. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z It was that half-light of evening, which is neither day nor night, when the early moon vies with the dying sunlight. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z In departing, Bardiya let fall the curtain at the door, so that the king and the king's visitor were alone in the pleasant half-light. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z At once, to his surprise, a silent figure came forward to meet him, and, peering through the half-light, he recognized the figure of his secretary. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z But there is none of that pleasant half-light we enjoy in our northern clime. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z As Nina leaned back in her big easy-chair, in her creamy Surah silk, and in the half-light of the lamp, she looked very bewitching, and not a little pleased, as they chatted together. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z But that, too, is shadowed by the strange half-light, which, to anyone accustomed to the long, bright days of more temperate lands, is always conducive to melancholy. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The daylight about him was dim enough, but the half-light gave no hint of the hour; for the single window in the room was scarcely so large as a man's hand. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The half-light of the deck, James' silence and the noiseless tread of his rubber-soled shoes had in themselves an uncanny quality. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Consequently the high-sided punts loomed far too conspicuous, even in the half-light, causing the fowl to "sky" or to swerve to right or left. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Under the half-light the face of Marsyas looked fallen and lifeless,—his dark hair in disorder on his forehead, his shadowed eyes and slight black beard making for the increase of pallor by contrast. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z And, in the early morning half-light, in the presence of a veritable army of journalists, Occupy Wall Street got to declare its first momentous victory. 'The World Is Watching': Occupy Wall Street Stares Down the NYPD 2011-10-14T16:05:00Z There was no letter on the salver, but there was a very small brown-paper parcel, which Nan seized and held in the half-light to her dancing eyes. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z In the half-light Ten Euyck's hand, holding a pistol, was visible at the window and above it the white leer of his face. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z The only habitation they passed was fruit-drying ranch No. 7, in the wilderness—just this one sunny oasis in the solemn half-light of the woods. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z She lifted the sweet, flower-like mask of her youth to him, her eyes gleaming in the half-light of the stairs. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Beyond those figures were, in the gloom of the night and in the half-light of the flames, the threatening declivities in uncertain, terrible outlines. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z We rose over the tents of our camp at Aziziah, all silver and still in the half-light, and headed for the Turkish outposts at El Kutunieh. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Behind the child in the half-light stands a young woman with a dog in her arms. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z He looked over his shoulder and caught the glare of Kneedrock's eyes piercing the gloomy half-light. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z The bushes around him took curious shapes in the half-light; and wander where he would among them, he saw no other rabbit. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z In the half-light, half-darkness of morning, when the town was comparatively quiet, those voices seemed mysterious and solemn. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The shade fell upon his face; in the half-light could be seen only the tall figure, with simple and haughty bearing, though with hands bound together. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z As the joy of color was lost in the cold purple of half-light, our shoulders were braced more vigorously into the traces. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It was not a matter to be decided offhand, with Darling absent and Nina there before him, temptingly precious in the magic witchery of the tinted half-light. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Judith, standing at the door, watched the two young figures whirling merrily around in the half-light to the resounding waltz-music. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z But her face was wan and ethereal in the half-light; it floated before him as if it were a drowned face in the still, thin air. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z But the words died away on her lips, and she grew ashy pale as her dilated glance read her companion’s face in the gloomy half-light of the “dug-out.” Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z You have spent years in the half-light, betraying those closest to you. In from the cold 2011-06-30T02:21:20Z It opened in answer to his call, and in the half-light of the evening he recognized the very man whom he had just decided to seek. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The fire still smoldered, and the spindle-shanked dressing-table, with the glass set in its mahogany frame, cast unearthly shadows on the floor in the half-light. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z The woman sat all but motionless, white arms alone moving graciously in the half-light as her deft hands wandered over the key-board. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z But when she stood upright within the underground fortress, and her eyes became accustomed to the half-light, she forgot her misgivings. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z This time their efforts met with success, for showing clearly in the half-light of the false dawn was the Myra. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z She told herself that it was the hour, the atmosphere, the half-light, that had painted the picture of horror for her. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z There was enough of the ghastly half-light to distinguish the dark masses of the trees and even the outline of the Millenbeck house. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z In the half-light of the flickering gas-jet, he saw her only as a shadow slowly mounting the staircase. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Edwin Spurre and the indentures were moving slowly through the early half-light, carrying kegs of powder. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The colour has a deliciously-tender warmth of white, and as the truss is not over-full, there is room for a delicate play of warm half-light within its recesses. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z He saw nothing in half-light, and he was deficient in sympathy. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The grey half-light revealed no living thing of life upon the exposed hump of the ridge. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z At another moment in the drama, we behold the lovers in Maeterlinck's beloved half-light, softly weeping as they stare with speechless rapture into the flames. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Swallows twittered among the tall palms, and the half-light was spotted with darting bats. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z So the narrow track leads on, showing the same kinds of tree and bush in endless variety of beautiful grouping, under the sombre half-light of the winter day. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z His figure in the half-light where he sat was immovable. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z The plain was still shrouded in the dim, misty half-light of dawn, and they had little fear of being seen. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z Even in the half-light of the terrace, Stewart could see that he was deeply moved. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z Through the half-light he was carefully studying the longboat. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In the half-light of evening, he could read only the headlines, and the front page carried nothing about Tabio's condition. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z After curtain calls had been duly accorded and recognized and there no longer existed any reason for the half-light cloak of a doubtful song-story, the vast auditorium was set ablaze. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z His eyes were not yet familiar with the half-light of the dark place, and he could not see his son. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The men were mustered by the half-light in use on board, the ammunition distributed in silence, and every precaution taken that the attack should have the character of a surprise. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z She lifted one of the flintlocks and squinted in the half-light. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z By the grey half-light he could now see objects around him, and perceive that the Abbey was a small structure with little architectural pretensions, though from the character of the masonry of very great age. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z He gazed around; everything wore a weird unwonted look in the half-light of the summer night that encircled every object with a halo of grey mist. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z There, in the romantic half-light that prevails, all the blinds and shades being closed to shut out the hot July sun, he sees a light figure seated at the piano. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z By the gray half-light three figures were seen. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z The seaman reached downward in the half-light and inserted a key in the handcuff lock. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z There in the Rembrandt half-light of the old lady's pretty boudoir she unburdens her overflowing heart to Lady Banbury. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z A sunbeam slips through the window-shade into the half-light of the room and gleams upon the buhl furniture. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z There was that mysterious half-light, and that low whispering sound which seemed to form a fit atmosphere for spies and eavesdroppers, of which I need scarcely tell you government officials are composed. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z As it was, one of the British destroyer's look-out men "spotted" the strange craft in the deceptive half-light of the late autumnal dawn. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z In the half-light I saw the King produce a revolver from the folds of his mantle. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Once a servant came to the door to look around for him, and when she discovered him in the half-light of the music-room she departed hastily for regions above. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z The half-light seemed to roll away like curling smoke. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z As with cat-like stillness I stole across the chamber, my eyes, growing accustomed to the dim half-light, began to discover objects on each side of me. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z In her eyes, wide and shining in the half-light, was horror unspeakable, with nameless dread, as she gazed upon the forms that lay prone and so motionless. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Day was just dawning; a gray half-light covered the sky, but the dark shadows of the tall houses still stretched over the Place. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z No tender half-light reigned here, as in the Countess's drawing-room; there were no soft rugs or Oriental hangings; even the artistic decoration of pictures and statuary was lacking. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z What was my surprise to perceive in the half-light of the alcove, the master of Nideck raised upon his elbow and studying me with profound attention. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z In the half-light she saw the soles of his shoes disappear as the black water swallowed him; then a dripping, writhing form was lifted on a blade of the paddle and tossed into the air. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z We trailed up from the cove, laden with emigrants' bundles, stumbling on wet rocks in the half-light, and succeeded in making our way to the house. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Lucienne held her brother back as she was entering the dining-room, and in the half-light tenderly embraced him, holding him closely to her. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z It was evening, and two candles, one upon the dressing-table, the other upon a stand at Agatha's side, gave to the room a mild half-light. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z The half-light gave such a sombre and appropriate touch to the profligate scene that it would have moved a moralist to a disquisition of five pages. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z In the half-light of the paraffin-lamps—one lamp was lit in each chandelier—the long, wide, spacious galleries stretched in tedious vacancy. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z A group of six or seven young men were standing in the dawn half-light, looking dazed. Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan? 2010-07-07T00:34:00Z And the weakness of the legal system means that companies operate in a confusing half-light. Schumpeter: The panda has two faces 2010-03-31T11:24:00Z The half-light of the hand-lamps round the periscope showed the source of a sound of pouring waters—two rivets had been blown right out of the inner hull close before the conning-tower. H.M.S. —— Leo remembered to have seen such heads in picture-galleries, bathed in golden tints and standing out in relief against a purple half-light, as if emerging from some background of mystery. The Undying Past It was a strange scene, in the half-light of the ancient temple-room. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Viewed in this spectral half-light it might be any one of the ancient cities. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The air was damp and very chill, and the ghostly half-light was full of unexpected gleams and shadows. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests She kneeled in the blurred half-light, pushing her wet hair back from her forehead and smiling up in the rain that still fell fast. The Valiants of Virginia He fancied—it was the trick of the half-light, of course—she had grown darker and that a dusky flush lay on her cheeks. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath He ran to peer into the pit whence they came, and in the half-light he could see a rope's-end clotted with blood. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The half-light drifts past her through the plants, a faery green, with a gentle slumbering and with shadows full of mystery; her face, with its delicate smile, stands out against the background of blurred darkness. Majesty A Novel In the half-light he saw that she was smiling. The Cottage of Delight A Novel What ghostly tintings they show in this half-light! The Valiants of Virginia I saw the man's face in the half-light of the passage—grim, cold, forbidding; and so the recollection of it has always remained in my mind. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne Mark looked at them in the half-light of the Moon. The Secret of the Ninth Planet In the half-light of the gloaming they had the sheen of polished gold. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 With the cry on her lips Lady Belinda appeared in the half-light hurrying towards them distractedly and wringing her hands as she came: "Alas, Betty!" Our Admirable Betty A Romance We must try to be fair to the gentlemen-officials who see the situation only in this curious half-light. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse They seemed to take weird shapes in the half-light, and the water sucked and lapped about their stony feet. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery His eyes were now, however, accustomed to the dusky half-light, and he was able to mark the costly furniture and splendid ornaments of the room. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Inside I could make out in the half-light a man and a woman. The Social Gangster Dawn was breaking, and in the half-light he saw a small man slide out and creep along by the side of the house. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle In that half-light her mother did seem very, very old and very, very feeble. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary The waves beat with a startling fury over and against the rock wall, and in the half-light the white stones looked like the foam-covered fangs of a mighty sea-monster, raging at our intrusion. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery With firm step and head high, Linton entered a room where the dim half-light of the closed jalousies made each object indistinct. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) By the dim half-light I could see a figure seated at the foot of the bed. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience He stands, therefore, in the uncertain half-light which preceded the dawn of modern philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Rachel was on her way from her grandmother's room, and before she saw Miss Rand standing there, waiting to let her pass, her face was grave and, in that half-light, strangely white. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary As the body was thus supported, the head hanging, and the weird half-light making the face more ghastly, one might readily have supposed that this was a corpse. A Modern Wizard The olive-darkness of her skin, too, was tempered by the half-light, while the slight tinge of color on her cheek might have vied with the petal of a rose. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) A small velvet-lined tray extended from the rear of the drawer, while scattered on the floor beneath lay six unset diamonds that winked and sparkled in the half-light of the shuttered store. The Competitive Nephew Renshaw awoke at last; awoke to consciousness in a strange half-light. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Figures seemed furtive in the half-light and, instinctively, voices were lowered as though some sudden sound would explode the air like a match in a gas-filled room. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary In the gray half-light he sat, thinking the thought which has found its way into so many hearts. One Of Them A slight gesture of the hand was all that he could perceive in the half-light; but he understood it, and passed out, closing the door noiselessly behind him. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) "Our time grows short," he said, his scarred and bearded white face like a gargoyle's in the half-light. The Secret of Kralitz The moon mounted higher and higher to the zenith, flooding the land with an eerie and chastened half-light. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt In the half-light that was diffused upon them from our lamp they presented the featurelessness of so many huge gingerbread boys, covered with pink icing. The Golgotha Dancers The brief season between day and dark, the flickering moments of half-light passed away, and a night calm and starlit spread over the scene. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier When she sat up, several hours later, the glade was filled with the half-light that presages nightfall. Warrior of the Dawn His pictures gain by being seen in half-light, and at some little distance; under favouring conditions they grip the spectator with uncommon power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Davis quickened his pace, till, in the gray half-light, he descried a little one-horse carriage slowly advancing towards him. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day He found himself unable to endure the reproach of those dark and luminous eyes set in the mask of pallor that was her face in the half-light of the hallway. The Destroying Angel It was difficult to see all the faces in the smoky half-light of the lamps, but those about me showed a pallor of apprehension. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients Then, too, the half-light near the end of day does not add to the chances of a successful cast. Warrior of the Dawn On the port side the low shore in the half-light ran up apparently into the immense wall of blue mountains in the distance. Command The chair he stumbled against in the half-light seemed to shrug contemptuously. The Ego Machine When, at last, his quarry emerged into the mysterious half-light under the high roof of palms, and paused, he strode after her. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Seen in the half-light of the morning, it seemed to consist principally of arms and legs which were wildly waving in the air. Frontier Boys in the South Seas Once he saw something moving in the half-light and halted abruptly. The Unprotected Species Her eyes shone at him in the half-light, bright and steady. Second Variety Easily, gracefully, the silent circle drew in to perhaps twenty feet of him, where they paused again, hanging motionless at regular intervals in the eery, wavering half-light. Seed of the Arctic Ice We zigzag in a wide S from the first grey half-light, for we are now due south of the Lightship. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war My room never had more than a half-light, which filtered through shutter slats so slanted that I could see nothing between them save the sky and a few stark sycamore branches. The Portal of Dreams The sergeant approached, and by the half-light could just perceive the glitter of the uniform, as the body lay shaded by the curtain. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I A man went by, a black shadow in the half-light. The "Genius" "Here, pardner, I'll take a cupful o' that 'ere, too," said a frazzled and frowsy teamster, shambling up through the half-light of the dawn. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign The half-light of breaking day has still to brighten and diffuse; who knows; perhaps, after all, this may be only that dear and fond premise of hopeful sailormen—the pride o' the morning! Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war A slender waterfall fed it, and through the cloistered half-light of the forest interior fell a few fervid dashes of sunlight like gold leaf on the somber tones of greenery. The Portal of Dreams As he spoke we entered a narrow passage, through which the street lamp threw a dubious half-light. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I In the half-light she seemed crowding away from some terror that confronted her. Stories of the Foot-hills Mason watched in the half-light of the pulsing orange glow, listened to the heaviness of Cain's breathing. The Women-Stealers of Thrayx The sea around was shrouded in mist, and breaking day, coming in with a cold, treacherous half-light, added to the illusion that made the horizon seem scarcely a length away. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea He had turned his back on the Frenchman at Charing Cross, but the imperturbable Count, noticing Dale in the half-light of dawn, believed that Medenham had brought a fellow-countryman as a witness. Cynthia's Chauffeur But the day moved on, and the dusky half-light of a wintry afternoon was falling, and Darby made not his appearance. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Some who were nearest saw in the half-light—for it was whitening towards day—a wall of gray water travelling up the ravine. An Isle in the Water The half-light of a moon partially veiled by clouds. The Forerunners The half-deck is in its usual hopeless disorder—stuffy and close and dismal in the shuttered half-light. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Next morning again we dressed in the half-light, and again went back to bed in the daylight. Cavalry of the Clouds The room was bathed in the half-light that came from the four dull panes of mica in the front of the great stove. The Monster and Other Stories Before dawn there were sounds of movement in the murky half-light of the village street. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" And Melvale held his breath as the beauty of the girl burst upon him, even in the half-light of the hall. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories We staggered out into the fresh morning air, red-eyed and ragged, and a madhouse gang we looked in the half-light of an early Californian dawn. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Neil, his eyes now used to the half-light, could see no weapon in the room, dropped on the floor or discarded. The Wishing Moon It stood gloomily in the half-light of the shop, which, like all suburban drapers' shops, had the air of a crowded and airless cavern full of stale adornments. Coquette The man's pale face and gray hair looked blurred in the half-light of the cabin. Mystery Ranch In the half-light Dr. Dunton came to his second-story window—I knew it must be he—a tall, slender figure, somewhat bent, garbed in unrelieved black, save for the open white collar of ante-bellum style. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories As Teeny-bits gazed upward, trying to read the position of the hour hand in the half-light of the street lamps, the big timepiece boomed out two strokes. The Mark of the Knife It certainly was an unusual situation, and the half-light of the early morning only served to make their attitudes the more grotesque. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts Next, in the flickering half-light of suite seven, he distributed the contents of his traveling-bags about. Seven Keys to Baldpate Forrester's eyes met hers indifferently, though he would have been less than human had he been blind to the picture she made as she stood there in the half-light. The Beggar Man The silence of the ghostly bush, in that brief half-light which preceded darkness, spoke loudly and eloquently of this hatred and resentment. Finn The Wolfhound Its gnarled branches, standing out vaguely in the half-light of the moon and stars like the arms of an octopus, seemed to Teeny-bits to rise up and seize him. The Mark of the Knife And that carpet of radiant colors was trampled into paths that wound on to lose themselves in the half-light of that ghostly world. rom one of the paths came sounds of tramping feet. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Martin was standing beneath the dim glow of a street lamp, but Little Billy must have very sharp eyes to recognize features in that half-light. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The full-length portraits to right and left of her loomed vaguely through the half-light. A Manifest Destiny In the quiet, and half-light of the small room, there was an old man with flushed cheeks, and wrinkled to the end of his finger tips. Letters from my Windmill In this indefinite half-light the Hawk set about stalking his prey. Hawk Carse All the colors are delightfully broken up in the mysterious half-light which confuses the outlines of every object, without making them shadowy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 And he chuckled delightedly, as, groping in the half-light among the kegs, he discovered and recognized his own markings upon many of the empty kegs. The Law-Breakers Here was a race that had lived, if not in absolute darkness, then in some place where sunlight never shone—a place of half-light—or of clouds. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 In the half-light that was left him he forced the cover and then rolled the drum about the swaying deck. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 This half-light of brief conjecture or vague retrospection only mellowed the depths of her gaze, and Barnes alone noted and wondered. The Strollers He was nervous and excited, and his eyes shone in the half-light. The Hound From The North He had hardly done this when the thud of hoofs came to his ears; and a band of Apaches appeared in the half-light passing his wagon. When the West Was Young The half-light threw him up tall and dark, but it showed the heavy shock of black hair falling over his forehead, and the broad, thin face of a mountain man. Whispering Smith The figure revealed in the half-light puzzled him at first. Nan of Music Mountain Man is a daytime creature; he is blind in the soft half-light that most beasts prefer. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The man was blind in daylight, and could see in darkness or half-light. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Tearing back the bolts from the storehouse door and lifting the latch, he rushed out into the cool half-light. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin Dicksie had gone to the bedroom, and standing between the portières that curtained the work-room from the shop, Marion in the half-light listened, hesitating whether to ignore or to answer the midnight intruder. Whispering Smith In the half-light of the pint-sized moon overhead the town looked almost romantic. This One Problem Rustling like a mass of great insects, gliding toward him, eyes gleaming in the half-light, they converged upon the stairs. Small World In the half-light the men faced each other, so near their breaths mingled. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Granger stood gazing after him, listening to the last faint echo of his cries; then he turned slowly and walked through the half-light back to his lonely store. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin The deserted street lay in the white half-light of a mountain evening, and the day’s radiance was dying in the sky. Whispering Smith The half-light that fell sideways upon her face suited her, for it failed to reveal the hardness of her lips and eyes, and made her look gentler. Blake's Burden Then there were things to see, illumined by a faint half-light to which color was coming; a faint, pastel color that seemed a rose-glow. The World Beyond On either side of the road was a ruined trench, and even in the weird half-light of the flares we could see what a shambles they had become. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade But once he dived under, in order to seek out the treacherous channel in the half-light, he needed his fish's eyes and senses. Mr. Wicker's Window The windows, furred deep with frost, let in but a pallid half-light, thus adding a mental dusk to the actual menace of the storm. A Son of the Middle Border Slipping on his bath-robe, he opened the door and tentatively peered out into the half-light of the orlop deck from the cross corridor vestibule-way, for indications of a shambles. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The door opened and a man came in, gazing uncertainly about him in the half-light—Westlake. Rimrock Trail This indicates that society sees many of its assailants in but a half-light. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science I asked, wondering why the windshield should look so blurred in the half-light. The Prairie Child The sky of noon was darkened, so that we moved in a pallid half-light, and the windows thick with frost shut us in as if with gray shrouds. A Son of the Middle Border The light that entered through the stained-glass windows cast a subdued half-light, warm and rich in color, on the crimson plush furnishings. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life And now, as he sat there behind lowered blinds in the 291 cool half-light of the music-room, he could feel the hot blood of resentment and chagrin in his cheeks. The Dark Star In the half-light below he paused again, and seemed to send his piercing glance into every bunk, from the forward to the after bulkhead. The Black Buccaneer Now that I obtained a full view of the reverend gentleman’s features in full daylight they seemed less mysterious, less sinister than in the half-light of midnight. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London The men moved now in silence, looming dim and gigantic in the half-light. A Son of the Middle Border At dawn the next morning, the tanks were already lined up, sullen and menacing in the cold half-light. Life in a Tank There was a subtle change in her voice and manner, something almost friendly in her gray eyes as she looked curiously at me when we came into the half-light of an inner gallery. The Maids of Paradise Jeremy groped aimlessly at first, then, as his eyes became accustomed to the half-light, peered closely into the crevices along either side. The Black Buccaneer In the half-light of the coming day he looked supernatural—a strange spirit from under the earth or above the earth, but not of the earth. Seven Miles to Arden All at once, amidst the silence, a weak voice attracted his attention, and he tried in the half-light to discover whence the sound proceeded. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora In an hour or so they shot out over the edge of the cloud mass, and David could see a rocky coast below, dark and cold in the half-light. David and the Phoenix In the half-light of the valley they had seen the outline of a gendarme; he was on foot and appeared to be looking for somebody, while making no attempt to remain unseen himself. Fantômas A brass lamp hung above his head in which the cocoanut oil sputtered and burned and cast a fitful half-light about the box-like stall. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines “Mr. Hargreave?” he asked, and, after replying, I invited him inside the car, whereupon he at once recognized Madame in the half-light. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance The darkness was no longer that of midnight—the outlines of the different objects began to be visible, and the peaks of the hills looked like domes or fantastic turrets in the half-light. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The other peered at him in the half-light. Anthony Lyveden In the half-light, his clean-cut profile was outlined against the sky, and his mouth trembled perceptibly. Master of the Vineyard Then in the red morning half-light, folding his big hands across his mailed chest, Leonidas looked from one to another of the little circle. A Victor of Salamis I said, inquiringly, as our eyes met in the dim half-light. The Seven Secrets She saw the last stars fade away, and the half-light of early morning greet the eastern mountains. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Either because Jules Thessaly had moved nearer to him, or by reason of an optical delusion produced by the half-light, the space between them seemed to have grown less—not only physically, but spiritually. The Orchard of Tears Her face was wistful in the half-light; the corners of her mouth quivered, ever so little. Master of the Vineyard She contented herself with fixing on him her uneasy eyes, which, in the half-light where she was placed, sparkled like two carbuncles, and uttering a little dull sound which might pass for a growl. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental Now, as you know, the place being spacious as a banqueting-hall, objects at a distance, especially in the half-light, might easily deceive one. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Then she crossed one knee over the other and looked out into the magic half-light of a woodland which, to her childish eyes, had once seemed a vast and depthless forest. Athalie Heavy plush curtains were drawn across the windows, but the flames of three candles in a silver candelabra carried by the servant created just such a half-light as I remembered. The Orchard of Tears The melancholy drip from moist eaves and trees, the dreary half-light and heavy air had absolutely no depressing power upon his flawless nerves and vigor of life. From the Car Behind Yet ignorance itself, disparagingly as we talk of it, has its favorable side,—as it is pleasant sometimes to withdraw from the sun and wander for a season in the half-light of the forest. The Foot-path Way The air is heavy with incense, and women in mantillas kneel in the half-light, praying silently. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia In the room there was that grey half-light that seemed so terrible, and the spurt and crackle of the fire seemed to fill the place with sounds. The Wooden Horse He opened his eyes and saw the gray half-light of early dawn. Zehru of Xollar In the half-light she took the old man to be an eccentric acquaintance of her father's. Studies in love and in terror He was entirely black, save for a white patch under his chin, which, in the half-light, carried with it an uncanny suggestion of a shirt front. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Even in this half-light I can see that your face is pale as death and you look utterly worn out. Madge Morton's Victory He was in the middle of the treacherous floor before he perceived that it was not Macbean in the half-light behind the counter, but a good-looking man whom he had never seen before. Stingaree In the mysterious half-light, amid the endless sounds from the band, Lily seemed to shed rays. The Bill-Toppers This time he ran out upon the porch and down the lawn and orchard, in the early half-light, to the willow path by the brook. The Indifference of Juliet The November sun went down while we rowed, an almost imperceptible fading of daylight into delicate thin colours and finally into a shiny grey half-light. A Poor Man's House Greta drew back into the half-light of the window recess, too greedy of Paul's good spirits to check them. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Beyond the valley floor, green with the luxuriant second crop of alfalfa, she could see the mountains looming dim and mysterious in the half-light. The Gold Girl I knew by his face in the half-light that he was going to say that he didn’t care to eat. The Prairie Mother I looked about for the source, then saw her moving toward me in the half-light, and I stepped back in a kind of awe and embarrassment, for this was new. Valley of the Croen And, in the half-light of the veranda, the sodden features smirked and grinned, scowled and leered, with an incessant twitching at the corners of the mouth that showed teeth still white. Gold Out of Celebes At sight of the exquisite half-light and the stars an exclamation of pleasure broke from Clare. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Perhaps it was the fact that Arthur, for some unaccountable reason, probably because he usually saw them in a half-light, had made her violet eyes—an unmistakable feature—grey. The Tragic Bride The half-light of the failing day covered the earth with a veil of silver and retreating gold. The Dark Tower The trees were interlaced with draping festoons of gray "Spanish moss," forming a canopy overhead which let through only a gloomy half-light. Valley of the Croen The Duchess decided to fetch it, but she lingered a moment, for it was unaccountably disagreeable to her to pass through the half-light of her sleeping apartment. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg At the doors of the houses on the road as they passed, people were standing in the half-light to wave them salutations, and Pete sent back his answers in shouts and laughter. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 And then deliberately the whole universe turned faintly gray, and the smaller stars faded in the lucence of dawn, and the brief, weird world of half-light came into being. The Adventures of Bobby Orde She was groping about, not yet used to the half-light of the growing moon, when the door opened, and Grace glided in with her usual noiseless tread. Peggy These shelves were literally packed with silver, some in boxes, much in bags, glimmering in the half-light like dwarfish ghosts; but the greater part uncovered, glittering in tarnished splendor wherever the lamplight fell. Fernley House My health requires the half-light of the woods, Mr. Renault, and the friendly shadows which lie at hand like rat-holes in a granary. The Reckoning The strange half-light still hovered over the ground. Hunters Out of Space The outer world was very still and bathed in a cold half-light. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The sacredness of times and places, a half-light necessary to the education of the race, passed away before the full sun of spiritual worship. The Pursuit of God His eyes were used now to the dark, and there was a window that shed a half-light. The Candidate A Political Romance They must live and breed in the half-light of forests; they must perish as the sun follows the falling trees, creeping ever inexorably westward. The Reckoning He peered through the light and half-light of dawn, and then started to laugh in a nervous way. War and the Weird All she recalled was her waking to consciousness and seeing in the half-light the gleam of a white silk handkerchief. Jack O' Judgment Why does God manifest His Presence to some and let multitudes of others struggle along in the half-light of imperfect Christian experience? The Pursuit of God It was wide and fretful, and in the half-light someway vague and ominous. The Snowshoe Trail In the half-light of the prison they marched silently on one by one, with their faces hidden, each touching his cap as he passed. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Twilight remained, a fairy half-light in which all things looked much more charming than they really were. The Pirates of Ersatz It was clad from head to foot in a long coat of black silk, which shimmered in the half-light of the electrolier. Jack O' Judgment "Don't light the lamp," he said, in his imperious way: "let us talk in this half-light, if you don't mind? it's pleasanter." A True Friend A Novel Ahead of her, a dim ghost in the half-light, Bill still rode on toward the opposite shore. The Snowshoe Trail Seen thus in the half-light they appeared more than ever gnome-like, humorously ugly and awkward. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance In the half-light, white and clear from the freshly plastered walls, her face was like alabaster. The Squirrel-Cage How real—how distinct in the half-light, was the face beneath the mass of gleaming black hair. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Again the tinkling, a low laugh, and, turning sharply toward an alcove from whence the sounds came, the duke, through the half-light and trailing, sombrous shadows of its entrance, perceived a figure in a chair. Under the Rose In the half-light it was impossible even for Bill to follow the lightning events of the next second. The Snowshoe Trail Clad in yellow oilskins and sou'wester, he stood by the after-companionway, intently examining through a pair of glasses the wallowing steamer to leeward, barely distinguishable in the half-light and driving spindrift. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea It shone through the half-light as though a lamp had been lighted within. The Squirrel-Cage As he stooped to recover it his eyes encountered those of the picture gazing upward through the half-light. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest But what struck me forcibly was this, that there was something curiously animal in her movements, seen thus in a dim half-light that only partially revealed her to me. The Return Of The Soul 1896 “Snakes an’ alligators!” he yelled out, levelling the weapon at the mainmast, which he mistook for a figure in the half-light of morning, which was just then beginning to break. The Island Treasure In the dim half-light I furtively scan the set faces around me and find myself wondering what thoughts those impassive masks conceal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 The walls were spotless and the red-tiled floor shone in the half-light. The Choice of Life He drew a trembling hand across his eyes, and when he looked again the shack stood silent and black in the half-light of the starlit clearing. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest You knew that its forbidding silence, which transformed the sunshine into a reddish half-light of sleep, was the home of the fairy tale. The Adventures of Maya the Bee It appeared, in the soft half-light of the room, to be waiting for somebody to walk into its lair. Supermind It came from a thick clump of undergrowth to the left of our night's lodging, not sixty yards away, and in the half-light of the morning had something of the eerie about it. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn She cast away her torch and stretched her hands to the east, where momently the earth was turning from black to gray, steeped in a haze as of twilight, the strange half-light of dawn. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Within an arm's reach, in the dull, red glow, the somber figure stood contemplating the pair through beady, black eyes, that glowed ominously in the half-light. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Indeed, one can imagine the tremendous effect of this colossal figure seen dimly in the half-light of the cella, filling the whole temple with its presence. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield In the gray half-light of early dawn she could recognize no one. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party He had reached the landing immediately above the bench he had just quitted when he saw a blur of white—an indistinct patch in the half-light. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn He attended regularly all the sessions, and gave his opinions freely; but they are only dimly revealed in the half-light which enfolds in such lamentable obscurity the debates of that interesting body. Benjamin Franklin Our eyes, probably, became more accustomed to the half-light; but whether or no this was the case, we managed to get down to the harbour as comfortably as if going there in broad day. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story A moment later the sharp crack of a revolver sounded from behind the wall of smoke and a bullet winging its way through the half-light tore Jacque's hat from his head. Fighting in France The leaden skies, the heavy clouds, the dark land, and the gray-green of the sea, always shaded in perpetual half-light, lest the burning sun heat them beyond endurance. Islands of Space We are allowed to go in and see the greenish masses of ice gleaming in the half-light, and bring out jars of sweet, black "lager beer," which we drink in the sunny doorway. The Promised Land He caught the look, and her eyelids flickered and fell before his gaze, and then, as the footman repaired the damage, she sank back once more into the half-light beyond the radiance of the candles. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story As far as Shann could make out in the half-light the color was a reddish-brown, the surface rough. Storm Over Warlock Again in my garden I saw a half-light in Phyllis's room. The Romance of an Old Fool The change from the brilliant glare of the almost horizontal beams of the declining sun on the sparkling snow to the half-light of the closely curtained room, obscured his vision for a moment. The Secret of the Storm Country Globe-lamps, burning at the walls, cast a hazy half-light, in which glittered, here and there, golden gleams, and appeared the features of painted faces and landscapes. The Argonauts I knew my face grew pale, and thanked the half-light for concealment, or he must have noted. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Above, the oblong of half-light grew smaller and smaller, sometimes half blotted out by the movements of Thorvald's body as the other followed him down that interior way. Storm Over Warlock This wasn't altogether a help to me, because, at times, perhaps when I was painting the half-light on his nose, he would say: "What colours did you mix for that?" An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 The door yielded, and climbing over the pile of snow at the step, Houston guided his snowshoes through the narrow door, blinking in the half-light in an effort to see about him. The White Desert The globe-lamps burning, here and there, at the walls, filled the drawing-room with a hazy, half-light, in which, here and there, glittered golden reflections, and the features of faces, and landscapes flimmered on pictures. The Argonauts By some process of writhing jerks it reached it, and suddenly the room was plunged into half-light as the lights winked out. Invaders from the Infinite Fairchild's eyes were searching now in the half-light from the faint street bulbs. The Cross-Cut At dusk, the garrison moved forward and manned the front line, being withdrawn again during the half-light of dawn. With the British Army in The Holy Land Its houses were mainly shanties of pine, one-story2 in height, while here and there actual tents gleamed in the half-light with infinite suggestion of America's restless pioneers. The Moccasin Ranch A Story of Dakota From the height they looked down through the weird half-light reflected from the snow. Where the Sun Swings North But the momentary half-light did not give him a glimpse of who or what was before him, for in a second all was blackness again. Phantom Wires A Novel He had just passed through the door when an automobile dashed up, and he fancied, though he could not be quite sure in the half-light, that the chauffeur nodded to the waiting men. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Miss Holladay was lying back in a great chair with a bandage about her head, and even in the half-light I could see how changed she was. The Holladay Case A Tale His body was a shadow in the half-light, touched once and again by the gesture of the swinging lamp, that swept him out of darkness and back into it again. The Dark Forest In that half-light tossing arms and legs looked like tentacles flung out in agony by the mammoth reptile. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North He hesitated only once, at the sheer edge of the roof, to make sure, in the uncertain half-light, that he was above those crowded lines. Phantom Wires A Novel I picked out a man on the rank who was about my size, and might be mistaken for me in a half-light, and got him to lend me his coat and cap. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York In the half-light of the cabin, I had not at first perceived how ill he looked; now, I saw the dark patches under the eyes, the livid and flabby face, the shaking hand. The Holladay Case A Tale The poplar trees beyond the window, the little beechwood on the hill, the pond across the road, a round grey sheet of ruffled water, these things in the half-light seemed to wait for our defeat. The Dark Forest A little black figure, wearing a shawl over its head, fluttered out into the mysterious half-light, and began pacing slowly round the frozen fish-pond. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel The face he gazed into looked aged and worn and pallid in the dim half-light of the breaking morning. Phantom Wires A Novel In the half-light, Smith stared at me significantly. The Devil Doctor In the half-light as he stood there it would have been very easy to have mistaken Garry Devereau for the man whose clothes he wore. Then I'll Come Back to You He was not very like Giovanni, but in the half-light the Princess saw a resemblance that made her start. The White Sister In the half-light from the sky, he could see a well-kept lawn, and there were a few groups of men standing about idly. The Sky Is Falling In a moment the inky room was pallidly suffused with its trembling half-light. Phantom Wires A Novel In the half-light of the room the little figure on the bed was dimly visible. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Max, taking a magazine pistol from his pocket, stepped warily over the ledge into the mysterious half-light behind the great screen. The Golden Scorpion She was standing slender as a young girl, all agleam in the half-light as though she wore an armor of glowing copper and garnets. The Lighted Match The half-light from the reflected sunlight dimmed, and the ground shook violently. The Sky Is Falling Yet he leaned forward and studied him more closely, through the half-light, studied him as the deliberating terrier might study the captured rat that had dared to bite back at him. Phantom Wires A Novel In the half-light of the garage, he had the instantly identifiable silhouette of a street person. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town To appreciate them one must go there and see them, those wonderful half-light tints. South with Scott Once more then he took Scraggy up, and, stumbling frequently in the half-light, carried her to the upper end of the cemetery. From the Valley of the Missing In the half-light of the sky, he saw that the plant was gone. The Sky Is Falling It transfigured Barbara's yellow hair into a crown of gold, and put a new gentleness into Miriam's lined face as she sat in the half-light, one of them in blood, yet singularly alien and apart. Flower of the Dusk It was only the half-light, and I did not expect to see you here.” The Portion of Labor I can't touch your body to begin with, for there's a great gulf fixed, you know; and really this half-light suits me best. The Best Ghost Stories Over against the south wall stood a clock as tall as a giant man, and giving in the half-light a strong impression of the presence of one, to an eye which did not front it. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel A few cigars still burned in the half-light, but they were the last flicker of a conflagration now all but extinguished. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Remembered colours came back, mellowed by the half-light. Flower of the Dusk She stood looking at her brother in the half-light, and her face was at once angry and tender. The Debtor A Novel It smote everything—the filtered silence of the wonderful, tranquil night, the pale moon half-light, the furtive rustling shadows that stopped rustling, the wonderful breathing pulse of growing vegetation. The Way of the Wild He preferred slipping past in a half-light, in which he did not seem so plain to himself, and could think himself less plain to other people. Pembroke A Novel Even in the half-light the petitioner's face hinted brazenly of cosmetics. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman But as her eyes grew more accustomed to the half-light, she saw plainly the scene laid out before her. The Mantooth There was a singular half-dusk rather than half-light from the new moon. The Debtor A Novel There was scarcely a gesture—just the motionless figure, the pale, classic face, which was dim in the half-light, and the deep, rich voice. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Now he blew out the lamp and stood over me in the half-light, holding out a hand. The Soldier of the Valley He saw a man in the half-light not five yards below him. The Half-Hearted At length he looked up into the face, blurred in the half-light. The False Gods In a fever of suspense Endicott gazed about him, straining his eyes to penetrate the half-light, but the plain stretched endlessly away, and upon its surface was no living, moving thing. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country "This half-light is so deceptive," she said, in a rather nervous voice; "I nearly steered you into the bank then." Adrien Leroy In the half-light he saw that she had cast herself down against the sarcophagus, face toward the stone, her whole attitude one of weary depression. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The moon and the low fire made a strange half-light in the room. Foes In the half-light of the late afternoon he could not distinguish objects clearly, but he thought he could discern the posts of the pole corral and the roof of the meager stable. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River So the sale was held, not only in a secluded corner, but in the brief half-light between sunset and night. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith A still half-light filled the conservatory as with a clear mellow liquor, and the rich leaves, and blossoms stood breathless with delight. Idolatry A Romance Nearby other fires burned, surrounded by dark, savage figures that showed indistinct in the half-light. The Gun-Brand He had placed the candles on the table, not noticing in the half-light that the smoke from them was growing denser as they burned down. The Master Mystery The chill gray half-light of early morning discovered him with one cautious eye, gazing across at Haskins, who still snored, despite the bell. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River In the strange and gloomy half-light that filled the tent these survivors of the Freja looked less like men than beasts. A Man's Woman I was much surprised to see in the half-light of the alcove the reclining figure of the count leaning upon his elbow and observing me with profound attention. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales One fine brown hand pushed back a misty veil before the face, which shone wanly in the half-light. The Hawk of Egypt In the shadowy half-light of the room Shiela halted at a sign from the nurse; the doctor glanced up, nodding almost imperceptibly as the girl's eyes fell upon the bed. The Firing Line In the half-light it seemed a world struggling in the birth-throes. Judith of the Plains She fancied she saw the interior of the tent and the dwindling number of the Freja's survivors moving about on their hands and knees in its gloomy half-light. A Man's Woman Io looked very young and childlike, with her languid, mobile face irradiated by the half-light of the fire. Success A Novel We stood around the stove, which shone red in the early half-light of dawn. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative This was a hazy morning, which I thought betokened another hot day, and as I entered the "coffee-room" I found it to be pervaded by a curious half-light, not unlike that of summer twilight. The Green Eyes of Bâst It looked very formidable in the half-light, like a scorpion or centipede. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months On one side are the sandbags, and on the other an idyllic spring scene, with flowers and orchards seen in the half-light of a spring morning. A Student in Arms Second Series Desperate stampedes, the scattering of camp-fires, trampling, grunting in the dark; ghostly horsemen looming and vanishing suddenly in the half-light; and in the lull the querulous howling of wild beasts disappointed. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Is he not charming, Cora, in that half-light? Different Girls A sickly half-light was spread out between the sea and the heavens. Vandover and the Brute Drifting across the pond as gently as the gray half-light fell a shower of lint from the willow catkins. Roof and Meadow The master is represented on his seat upon the scaffold in the dizzy half-light of the dome. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series He had seen her only in a half-light as yet. The Mystery of Mary Laura was faintly, very faintly startled by their attitude—Hyde leaning forward in the half-light of the brougham to button Isabel's glove—but she was soon smiling at her own fancy. Nightfall The studio was full of a sombre half-light, like a fog, spreading downward from the great north light in the sloping roof. Vandover and the Brute It was the sight of her face, anxious and suddenly white, peering down through the half-light of the hall that finally unmanned him. The Street Called Straight Looking around in the half-light of the window, he put his head back on the pillow with the air of one awakened from a feverish dream. Katrine Though in this half-light I might perfectly look a girl, I could not believe I should kiss like one. Helmet of Navarre He turned, and saw very clearly, against the half-light, her startled eyes. The Golden Scarecrow The dog's eyes were gleaming green in the half-light, and the one man carried a heavy rifle on his shoulder. Buffalo Roost Davenant found something ecstatic in the half-light, the peace, and the extraordinary privilege of being alone with her. The Street Called Straight Presently this lowering of the blinds had become a daily methodical exercise, and his rooms, when he had been his round, had the blood-red half-light of a photographer's darkroom. Widdershins If the half-light before had been full of eery terror, it was naught to the blackness now. Helmet of Navarre He lay there, inert, a queer blur in the half-light. Partners of Chance Ruth leaned across the top bar of the gate, her figure enveloped in her long coat, and her white tam a bright spot in the half-light. Sandy While he was talking W. saw forms, their muskets and helmets showing out quite distinctly in the half-light, crossing the lawn and coming up some of the broad paths. Chateau and Country Life in France There was a broad staircase rising in front of us to the first floor, and double doors just seen in the half-light at the head of the stairs. Widdershins His eyes were accustomed to the dim half-light, but still he could not see her. Charles Rex He entered a broad chamber of half-light, knowing he had reached the heart of the Castle. Oberheim (Voices) It was of Ruth, as he had seen her last, leaning toward him out of the half-light, her brown hair blowing from under her white cap and her great eyes full of wondering compassion. Sandy Yet in the half-light the place surrounded them both with a ghostly, almost sinister unreality. The Dark House Her hair hung loose and disordered on her shoulders, her face looked sleepy and dark in the half-light. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Coming in from the high morning, the half-light alone, with which we always connect a certain majesty and presence, seemed to have taken on amplitude as well. Hills and the Sea |
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