1 That's one of the ridiculous things which men always say.
2 Mrs. Pontellier made them carry her paints and things into the house.
3 She slept lightly at first, half awake and drowsily attentive to the things about her.
4 The dinner was quiet and uninteresting, save for the cheerful efforts of Arobin to enliven things.
5 But she did not mind; there appeared to be a hundred different things demanding her attention indoors.
6 The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
7 But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing.
8 Of course, he couldn't think of telling Mrs. Pontellier all about it, she being a woman and not comprehending such things.
9 Mr. Pontellier, who was observant about such things, noticed it, as he served the soup and handed it to the boy in waiting.
10 He stayed all winter at the island; he lived there, and kept the place in order and got things ready for the summer visitors.
11 She would not consent to remain with Edna, for Monsieur Ratignolle was alone, and he detested above all things to be left alone.
12 Monsieur Ratignolle was prepared to take things seriously; the mets, the entre-mets, the service, the decorations, even the people.
13 There was her husband's reproach looking at her from the external things around her which he had provided for her external existence.
14 The draperies and fluttering things which she wore suited her rich, luxuriant beauty as a greater severity of line could not have done.
15 He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things which concerned him, and valued so little his conversation.
16 Why, my dear, I should think you'd understand by this time that people don't do such things; we've got to observe les convenances if we ever expect to get on and keep up with the procession.
17 The Colonel, with little sense of humor and of the fitness of things, related a somber episode of those dark and bitter days, in which he had acted a conspicuous part and always formed a central figure.
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