I turn around and see Jack standing with his feet apart against the wood-planked wall about ten feet away, wearing a smile that can only be described as evil.
Tradition held that patriots had fallen: in the old Basse-Ville was shown an enclosure, solemnly built in and set apart, holding, it was said, the sacred bones of martyrs.
If you're ever at a stable and you see a group of horses laying down asleep, look around for one or more horses standing apart, keeping a watchful eye out for predators while their friends sleep.
A group of young men and girls were gathered about her, and there was much hand-clasping, laughing and pleasantry on which Mrs. Welland, standing slightly apart, shed the beam of a qualified approval.
The invited people from Vocational were mixed with the neighborhood gang. The boys and the girls still stood in separate bunches, though — -and nobody prommed. In the house the lemonade was just about gone.