hope secretly

Isabella had ceased to hope secretly that her husband would yet come back.

He found himself hoping secretly that Leslie might want to kiss him.

Wren told Eowen what the Owl had said, hoping secretly that the seer would reveal something in return.

A small minority hoped secretly to witness a horrible death, see a fellow human with the flesh on his body burning, melting the fat like beef dripping.

So I rose from my chair and knelt before her, hoping secretly that no one would see me in that ridiculous position, which the most unsuspicious might misinterpret.

"My name is Brom and I belong to the Gaxtek clan," he stated briskly and hoped secretly that nobody from Gaxtek's clan was present.

Not a few of the other women hoped secretly to be the one to comfort the poor young Captain Remy when he found out how his fi- ancee had been behaving.

They counted of course on the appearance of a powerful defence screen of the Terranian but both hoped secretly that it would not be able to withstand the assault of five super-heavy atom bombs.

Boasting openly (hoping secretly) that they have left enough game to make a legend that will survive the storm Perhaps a signature A crossover dribble carved deep into concrete with cursive flair Or a painting.

Without exception they tell me of the continued suffering inflicted by the Iraqi regime, of the hope secretly nurtured by so many enslaved Iraqis for a free life, for a country where they can speak without retribution.

Laufer had hoped secretly that when the prince had seen the blue dress finished he would have let her off the other two; but when she found she was expected to fulfil the whole task, her heart sank and she began to cry loudly.

While Doggins was seeing the council members off the premises, Niall could sense that they were contemplating the strange and frightening prospect of leaving the community in which they had lived all their lives, and hoping secretly that some other solution could be found.

Tense about his little holiday, Stevens hopes secretly to use it for professional advantage: to recruit the former housekeeper, the admirable Miss Kenton, who had years ago left service to marry, but who is now estranged from her husband and seems nostalgic for her old position.