1 The languor of midday had taken hold of the gathering, but underneath lurked tempers that could rise to killing heights in a second and flare out as quickly.
2 I was sure I shouldn't get any thanks for it, she returned with a flare of temper.
3 Ten minutes later the two men passed out together between the gold-laced custodians of the threshold; but in the vestibule Stepney drew up with a last flare of reluctance.
4 But his eyes were pink and unlovely in the flare of the match with which he lighted his dead and malodorous cigar.
5 The sudden and brief flare of the match emphasized the darkness for a while.
6 The round red discharges from the guns made a crimson flare and a high, thick smoke.
7 I lighted my fire, which burnt with a raw pale flare at that time of the morning, and fell into a doze before it.
8 Presently I saw his blue lips again, breathing on the tinder, and then a flare of light flashed up, and showed me Orlick.
9 Swiftly something flew across the wall and darted through the trees to a close grown corner, a little flare of red-breasted bird with something hanging from its beak.
10 I have no doubt they found my second appearance strange enough, coming suddenly out of the quiet darkness with inarticulate noises and the splutter and flare of a match.
11 Looking out the window, Scarlett saw Pork, who had left the room a moment before, holding high a flaring pine knot, while indistinguishable figures descended from a wagon.
12 No air moved and the flaring pine knots the negroes held made the air hotter.
13 Scarlett picked up the flaring candle and the three walked slowly into the dark hall and up the winding steps toward Gerald's room.
14 In the flaring gas light he looked at her incuriously and then he smiled.
15 A flaring torch was burning in the place, and set its red glare from face to face and figure to figure, as it waved in the currents of air.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 23