I now ask you if the boarding of the Nautilus and of the Scotia, that has made such a noise, has been the result of a chance
rencontre?"
Cole of the rise and progress of the affair was so gloriousthe steps so quick, from the accidental
rencontre, to the dinner at Mr.
He never said a great deal, nor did she give herself the trouble of talking or of listening much; but it struck her in the course of their third
rencontre that he was asking some odd unconnected questions-- about her pleasure in being at Hunsford, her love of solitary walks, and her opinion of Mr.
Cassy had remarked the young man from her loophole in the garret, and seen him bear away the body of Tom, and observed with secret exultation, his
rencontre with Legree.
The recent
rencontre showed them that they were now in a land of danger, subject to the wide roamings of a predacious tribe; nor, in fact, had they gone many miles before they beheld sights calculated to inspire anxiety and alarm.
'We understand THAT A SEVERE
RENCONTRE CAME OFF a few days since in the Seneca Nation, between Mr.
On this
rencontre they all returned to the house together, there to lounge away the time as they could with sofas, and chit-chat, and Quarterly Reviews, till the return of the others, and the arrival of dinner.
Yet she was so self-possessed when the party joined her, that the singular
rencontre and her explanation of the stranger's sudden departure excited no further comment.
During this interval, even Adele was seldom sent for to his presence, and all my acquaintance with him was confined to an occasional
rencontre in the hall, on the stairs, or in the gallery, when he would sometimes pass me haughtily and coldly, just acknowledging my presence by a distant nod or a cool glance, and sometimes bow and smile with gentlemanlike affability.
But I believe there have been men since his day who have ridden a long way to avoid a
rencontre, and then galloped hastily back lest they should miss it.
Reginald Cuff when this
rencontre was proposed to him.
Does it not seem as if man was of a very sly, elusive nature, and dreaded nothing so much as a full
rencontre front to front with his fellow?