In addition, Scrooge was quite similar to his creator in appearing often to be as melancholic, introspective and secretive as he was.

Before becoming public, the movement was secretive and held closed meetings in what was known as Sessions of Wisdom.

He was an important member of the secretive Cambridge Apostles ; Paul Levy wrote Moore: G. E. Moore and the Cambridge Apostles ( 1979 ) about this connection.

The architect made three secretive trips to Paris, to determine the feasibility of the project ; only one museum employee knew why he was there.

In fact, the city was ruled by a secretive executive committee, called the " Little Council ", which was made up of 25 members of its wealthiest families.

While active as a runner, Nurmi was known to be secretive about his training methods.

According to Miss Tonks, a teacher at Mrs. Vincent's school, Lucy actually arrived at the school in August 1854 and was secretive about her past.

It was around this time that the word shinobi appeared to define and clearly identify ninja as a secretive group of agents.

In his Maurice Ravel: A Life, published in 2000, biographer Benjamin Ivry presents evidence in support of his thesis that Ravel's lack of known intimate relationships may be explained if he was a " very secretive " gay man.

In his review of Ivry's biography for Library Journal Larry Lipkis is persuaded by Ivry's research that, " There seems to be little question that Ravel was an affected, intensely secretive dandy with gay inclinations ," but also expresses the view that Ivry's work is less persuasive in definitively linking Ravel's sexuality to characteristics of his musical oeuvre.

The early part of Boyle's residence was marked by the actions of the victorious parliamentarian forces, consequently this period marked the most secretive period of Chevalier movements and thus little is known about Boyle's involvement beyond his membership.

The reasons for Zhou's sudden release may have been that Zhou was then the most senior Communist in Shanghai, that Chiang's efforts to exterminate the Shanghai Communists were highly secretive at the time, and that his execution would have been noticed as a violation of the cooperation agreement between the CCP and the KMT ( which was technically still in effect ).

In the United States, a prohibition against gentlemen's agreements in commercial relations between states was introduced in 1890 due to the secretive nature of such agreements being beyond anyone's control.

They were opposites: she was short, open, gregarious, sociable, and liberal, while he was tall, secretive, shy, quiet, introspective, and conservative.

Sauvé remained secretive about the exact nature of the illness, and did not pay attention to rumours that she had developed Hodgkin's lymphoma, stating in interviews that it was a private matter, and that she was well enough to uphold her responsibilities.

The new king was highly intelligent but close-mouthed and secretive, with sharp eyes, a long nose and a pale, grave manner.

This was the most secretive part of the Mysteries and those who had been initiated were forbidden to ever speak of the events that took place in the Telesterion.

It was, on the one hand, designed to carry out long-term research into the problems of living in space and a variety of astronomical, biological and Earth-resources experiments, and on the other hand this civilian program was used as a cover for the highly secretive military Almaz stations, which flew as well under the Salyut designation.

He was silent a moment, thinking he could use a man this time of year, and if the girl could cook, it would give him more time in the meadows, but he knew nothing about the couple.

against this bent man in the chair he was powerless.

A man was standing in the open door of the lighted orderly room a few yards to Mike's left, but he, too, suddenly made up his mind and went racing to join the confused activity at the east end of the stockade.

The fire had gone down, and the man was only a shadow against the trees.

I felt certain he was really a spineless little man.

He was a man in his late forties, with graying hair, of medium height ; ;

Carl Dill was neither a rancher nor a valley man.

He was a big man, wearing a neat flannel shirt against the cold foothill air.

The man was tall, thin, with a narrow face and a too-large nose.

He was an honest man doing a hard job, and the implication that he was anything else was unbearable.

laughing at a dying man, laughing as a man was beaten to death.

The seventh man was Red Hogan, a wiry little puncher with a wild streak and a liking for hell-raising.

Macklin was the third man to come out, and he came unhurriedly.

No man laid a hand on him, but the threat of violence was there.

Lewis was a man who had made a full-time job of cow stealing.

He was a man, those neighbors testified later, who didn't have a friend in the world.

`` Fred was mighty crude about the way he took in cattle '' his own hired man, Andy Ross, mentioned later.

For that legend was growing explosively, Rumor was insisting he received a price of $600 a man.

A man like Jess would want to have a ready means of escape in case it was needed.

Mrs. Roebuck thought Johnson was a `` sweet bawh t'lah lahk thet '', but her Herman was getting to be a man, there was no getting around it.

It must have hurt her even to walk, for the sole was completely off her left foot and Morgan saw that it was bruised and bleeding.

She was amazingly light, and so relaxed in his arms that he wasn't even sure she was conscious.

Both had blonde hair and blue eyes, and there was even a faint similarity of features.

He had spent two hours riding around the ranch that morning, and in broad daylight it was even less inviting than Judith Pierce had made it seem.

So simple, in fact, that it might even work -- although Pamela, now, in her new frame of mind, was careful not to pretend too much assurance.

The slight flutter that had disturbed the motion of her heart when she entered the forest was gone now, and even the dim groves of trees through which she occasionally passed did not reawaken her fear.

One thing was certain -- his method was effective, so effective that after a time even the warning notices were often unnecessary.

Such ranchers as Coble and Clay and the Bosler brothers carried him on their books as a cowhand even while he was receiving a much larger salary from parties unknown.

When it was followed by a second, whining even closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.

They were married over the week-end, though he was easily sixty and she could not have been even thirty.

When she appeared at the store to help out for a few hours even my looking at her was surreptitious lest my Uncle notice it.

I don't even remember who wrote it but it was one of those 15th or 16th century poets.

in reading, on platforms, even in the large auditorium of the Y.M.H.A., Poetry Center nights, his voice was intimate, thoughtful, and a trifle shy.

He knew she was not sulking, not even angry at him.

He had a war reputation, but this was the kind of man women like even without medals.

Now it did not occur to him even to wonder whether it was wise for Robinson to dive again: Rob was his boy, the kid he had rescued from the streets, the object of his pride.

And when this was gone, he hadn't even a little bitter tablet to purify other water if he were to discover some stagnant jungle pool.

He bounced exuberantly on the sagging bed and was even more delighted when Madame Lalaurie -- after closing the door -- showed the slave that the bed was designed for something other than slumber.

Dr. Lalaurie and I didn't even know he was in the house until the night of our ball when he came down the stairs ''.

It was a difficult and ambiguous kind of negotiation, even though the rancher was said to be expert in his knowledge of the aborigines and their language.