Word: fidgetting
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...nothing if not exhaustive; and in the course of the two hours and a half that he occupied. he succeeded in exhausting, not only his subject but his entire audience. The Grand Duke and the Duchess, indeed, preserved an admirable appearance of attentiveness; but everyone else began to fidget at the end of the second hour and hailed the peroration with an enthusiasm in which a feeling of relief was plainly perceptible. The oration dealt with the history of the university and with the causes and proofs of her almost unrivalled glory. It was far too comprehensive...
Kissed Nancy Fidget, and made her afeard...