I asked her with sympathy if I could not call some companion to relieve her, or, if the case were urgent, whether I could not myself offer succor.But she gazed at me as if I spoke a strange language, and smilingly asked my meaning.…Cited from From the Easy Chair, vol. 1, George William Curtis
Returning to the office one Saturday evening Dave found Miss Wardin making up a bundle of paper, pencils, and carbon paper.She was evidently in high spirits, and he smilingly asked if she intended working at home over Sunday."Oh, didn't Mr. Conward tell you?" she answered, as though surprised that the good news had been kept a secret.…Cited from The Cow Puncher, by Robert J. C. Stead
In the open doorway stood the smiling and rotund wife of the innkeeper."How far are you going at this lively pace?" she smilingly asked the child.…Cited from Cornelli, by Johanna Spyri
"I never expected to find this awaitin' me.""Are you satisfied with your cook now?" the girl smilingly asked.…Cited from Jess of the Rebel Trail, by H. A. Cody
"She may have some objection to any company, but not yours in particular.""Has someone else a prior claim?" he smilingly asked.…Cited from Miss Dexie, by Stanford Eveleth
Reynolds smilingly asked as they walked slowly back to the cabin."I have stolen the greatest treasure he possesses, the heart of his only child."…Cited from Glen of the High North, by H. A. Cody
"As if -- what?" smilingly asked the boat's master.Cited from Gideon's Band, by George W. Cable
She went up to Beatrice and smilingly asked Lord Airlie if he could spare her sister for five minutes.Cited from Dora Thorne, by Charlotte M. Braeme
Then he told me in a tender voice that he understood my conduct, and that it was right; that when one is not sure of loving her intended, or of being loved by him, she has a right to test him, and that it was only honest and just.Then he smilingly asked me if I did not wish to try him, and leave him a month or two to see if I was beloved by him.…Cited from The Cross of Berny, by Emile de Girardin &c
"Did they tell you anything?" she next smilingly asked of Hsi Jen.Cited from Hung Lou Meng, Book II, by Cao Xueqin
"You've noticed that, then?" smilingly asked the poet.Cited from The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Edward Bok
This double-skulled man was the chief of the domestics.The Sultan was in a merry humour, and smilingly asked after my health.We then read our letters of recommendation, which pleased him.…Cited from Mission to Central Africa in the Years 1850-51, Vol. 2, by Richardson
There was a new light in his eyes; his frame had lost its drooping air of languor; he had stood the long days of rough riding without the smallest fatigue.It really seemed as if the old Wendot had come back again, and she smilingly asked him how it was that he had gained such strength in so short a time.…Cited from The Lord of Dynevor, by Evelyn Everett-Green
Afterward, when I went to see her at Gerolstein, she smilingly asked me the news of her cousin of the olden time.I then owned to her our deception, telling her that the fair page of the sixteenth century was simply my nephew, Prince Henry d'Herkausen Oldenzaal, now twenty-one years of age, captain of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria's Guards, and in everything, excepting, the costume, very like his portrait.…Cited from Mysteries of Paris, V3, by Eugene Sue
When I got there he took the cup and, as he sat down under old Bossy, smilingly asked if I liked lots of foam.Cited from The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate, by Houghton
She told herself severely it was ridiculous to have been so foolishly prim about the inevitable."Since you know my name, isn't it fair that I should know yours?" she smilingly asked, more amiably than she had yet spoken to him."Well, since I have found the lamb that was lost, y'u may call me a shepherd of the desert."…Cited from Wyoming, Story of Outdoor West, by William M Raine
He dashed into the group, and, swinging several aside, cried to the others to desist."Pardon me, but do I intrude upon a scalp-dance?" smilingly asked the parson.…Cited from The Round-Up, by John Murray and Mills Miller
The reading of a few lines in the context seemed to remind her very strongly of Lashmar's philosophic eloquence.She looked closer; found that there was question of a French book of some importance, recently published; and smilingly asked herself whether it could be that Lashmar knew this book.That he was capable of reticence regarding the source of his ideas, she had little doubt; and what would be more amusing than to see "the coming man" convicted of audacious plagiarism?…Cited from Our Friend the Charlatan, George Gissing
"It is nice to be here, is it not, mon ami?" she smilingly asked.Cited from Self-Raised, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
A dainty French waitress answered the summons, and smilingly asked for orders.Patty modestly asked for chocolate and rolls for them all, but the French maid volunteered the information that Ma'amselle was of the opinion that the young ladies would like an omelette, and perhaps a jar of marmalade.…Cited from Patty in Paris, by Carolyn Wells