Word: larkingly
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...Suddenly three frolicsome girls with their aunt come to live with him, turn everything arsy-versy. The high jinks soar highest when the three little minxes throw a midnight spread in their bedroom and ask a few of the boys to drop in. Right in the midst of their lark who should appear but old Donkin himself, mad as a hornet...
...presently encountered an aged recluse named Thomas Lyman who revealed that they were near Port Jervis, N. Y., 60 miles from Newark. He helped them to town, where a rescue safari promptly organized, found the rest of the plane's company gathered around a fire rather enjoying their lark...
...time for a dash on the young colt through country lanes in Connecticut, for tramping over wet hills, bag over shoulder, pushing a golf ball from bog to bog, trap to trap, and every so often sinking a birdie. Time to rise with the dawn, and hark to the lark in the trees by the edge of the lake in the morning mist, and watch the forsythia push forth in glory. And for the evening there's time to push to the metropolis for the theater or a spot of late dancing, just a touch of urban revelry to season...
Mitty was matched with Nick Beldon because of a misunderstanding, and when the Beldon family heard of it, the couple were invited home. The complications which result from the "little lark" are only heightened by the appearance of Mr. Ratcliffe who has himself played a part similar to Mitty's. He has deserted Anne, Nick's sister, and he is able to detect the sham...
Franz Lehar is not only a Hungarian; he is a Rotarian. The best of this gifted sexagenarian's melodies-lyrically proclaim his Magyar background. The Lehar melodic line at its best is marvelously cunning, fresh, deceptive. It climbs like a lark to clear heights, then swoops down and off in a breathtaking, unexpected course...