Then he looked at his wife's little round black head and felt very proud of having her as his own. He leaned back on his elbow and took her hand in his.
But outside the door to our Spanish class, leaning against the wall looking more like a Greek god than anyone had a right to Edward was waiting for me.
As she stood clutching a lamp post for support, she saw an officer on horseback come charging up the street from Five Points and, on an impulse, she ran out into the street and waved at him.
The near neighbors were there in full force. Grandma Fontaine, withered, wrinkled and yellow as an old molted bird, was leaning on her cane, and behind her were Sally Munroe Fontaine and Young Miss Fontaine.
The four Tarleton boys and their father leaned against the tall columns, the twins, Stuart and Brent, side by side inseparable as usual, Boyd and Tom with their father, James Tarleton.