At least, Bella no sooner stepped ashore than she took Mr John Rokesmith's arm, without evincing surprise, and the two walked away together with an ethereal air of happiness which, as it were, wafted up from the earth and drew after them a gruff and
glum old pensioner to see it out.
"With old Deluse at the 'Isle of Pines,'" {1} was the laughing reply; "and a
glum enough time I had of it.
So we loafed along home down the back lanes, feeling pretty
glum and not talking.
"Why are you so
glum?" asked Nesvitski noticing Prince Andrew's pale face and glittering eyes.
Too sour on the human world, and too
glum in his own soured nature, he was anything save his old courtly self to chance humans who broke in upon him to pat his head, and say silly things, and go their way never to be seen by him again.
This ain't no time of year to start farmin'," he added,
glum and sullen.
Why do you sit there so pale and
glum? Why don't you get up and dance?"
Wish they had, and not gone stalking round stiff and
glum ever since.