Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Edmund and I had arranged to climb Red Hill together some time during his stay. It was a pleasant tramp, - some ten miles to the summit and back, - and the beautiful September weather made him very anxious to attempt it. I was less eager, for obvious reasons. We started off in the afternoon. Edith came to the doorway just as we took the road. We looked back, and she waved her hand at us. It was the last time - except once...
...janitor sat beside him. De Smythe had taken a great fancy to this janitor, who had taught him to smoke. "This shall at least bring happiness to some mortal," thought the generous youth, as he drew from his pocket the object on which he had spent so much anxious thought and his last X. He unfolded the wrappings of tissue paper and presented the diary to the janitor, accompanying the gift with a description of its mechanism. The janitor was much pleased, and Fitz-Clarence went round to Adam's to brace...
...fire with eager hope and anxious fear...
...While anxious fear has now come o'er the brow...
Arrived at the spot of the tragedy, a short but anxious delay of some seconds took place, after which they were joined by the lady and her friends. Little was said on either side; but Miss Smith, with customary decorum, shed tears. Jones endeavored to preserve composure, but a slight twitching in his mouth and eyebrows proclaimed his inward agitation...