But life, of course, consists of final partings as well as first meetings – and as much as I and my family miss him, I know he would want us to enjoy Christmas.
His was as Irish a face as could be found in the length and breadth of the homeland he had left so long ago — round, high colored, short nosed, wide mouthed and belligerent.
But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
Karl Mayer didn't pray often, but when he did, it was usually to ask for god's help in breaking up with a woman and to spare him the nasty drama that usually accompanied such callous and unexpected departures.
Karl Mayer不常祈祷,但一旦他祈祷了那通常是为了祈求上帝保佑他能顺利地甩掉一个女人,并且帮他省掉那些伴随着冷酷而又突然的离别的令人不快的场面。
" My eagerness to criticize myself took all the fight out of him. He ended up by taking me to lunch; and before we parted, he gave me a check and another commission" .
Interesting. And would you agree that the primary way we would evaluate either the success or failure of the date would be based on the biochemical reaction during the good night kiss?
Alone! Thank God for that! Melanie must be too overcome by the grief of parting to leave her room. Now she would have him for herself for a few precious minutes.
Most of the seats were empty. I sat as far from the other travelers as possible, and watched out the window as first the sidewalk, and then the airport, drifted away.