Her light flow of talk, and her lively familiarity of manner with a
total stranger, were accompanied by an unaffected naturalness and an easy inborn confidence in herself and her position, which would have secured her the respect of the most audacious man breathing.
The Woman in White
Even at the time he had thought it strange that, on the strength of a single evening spent together, Nutty should have invited a
total stranger to make an indefinite visit to his home.
Uneasy Money
Devil a bit of it--the face of a
total stranger! Up jumps Bruce, with his heart going full gallop all in a moment, and searches for the captain on deck, and finds him much as usual, with his calculations done, and his latitude and longitude off his mind for the day.
The Two Destinies
Approaching the village, he had been startled by seeing the dark gentleman (a
total stranger to him) stretched prostrate on the grass at the roadside--so far as he could judge, in a swoon.
I Say No
They merely observed that he was short, that he was dressed in black, and that he was a
total stranger to them -- and continued their homeward walk, without thinking more about the loitering foot-passenger whom they had met on their way back.
No Name
The girl blushed in mortification at the very thought that she could cling so resolutely to the memory of a
total stranger, and--still greater humiliation--long in the secret depths of her soul to see him again.
The Monster Men
To him it was the most natural thing in the world thus to be familiarly seized and shaken about by a
total stranger, while a jovial voice muttered: "That's right, dog.
Michael Brother of Jerry
I can have no intention of offending you, seeing that I am a
total stranger to you and to Mr.
The Haunted Hotel
"Here is a young lady," he said, "who is a
total stranger to me."
Man And Wife
"Call me Turan," replied the man, for it had come to him that if Tara of Helium recognized him as the man whose impetuous avowal of love had angered her that day in the gardens of The Warlord, her situation might be rendered infinitely less bearable than were she to believe him a
total stranger. Then, too, as a simple panthan* he might win a greater degree of her confidence by his loyalty and faithfulness and a place in her esteem that seemed to have been closed to the resplendent Jed of Gathol.
The Chessmen of Mars
It was as if this man had known her recent history; yet he was a
total stranger.
Tess of the dUrbervilles A Pure Woman
Tarzan spoke to the girl, thanking her for the sacrifice she had made for him, a
total stranger.
The Return of Tarzan
Then he could not help himself, he hurried on to catch her up, eager and anxious, only to find that it was a
total stranger. Men came back from the country, and he went with Dunsford to have tea at an A.
Of Human Bondage
Taken aback by the sight of a
total stranger, who bowed with a tolerably awkward air, she looked at me with a coolly courteous expression and an adorable pout, in which I, who knew her secret, could read the full extent of her disappointment.
Message
Luker, or some such name--though the man is, of course, a
total stranger to her."
The Moonstone