"Au revoir" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a distinct gasp. After an interval of five seconds, however, the Colonel recovered his poise. "I congratulate you," he purred. "I suppose I'll have to wait a little longer now, won't I? Well—patience is my middle name. Au revoir." ...
— The Valley of the Giants • Peter B. Kyne
... is!" said Eve, who had been watching out of the window. "Au revoir, my pet. Here's Machin with your breakfast and newspapers. I daresay I shall be back before you're up. But don't ...
— Mr. Prohack • E. Arnold Bennett
... want you chasing things in this old shell of a building. No telling what crevice you might fall into or what accident might happen. Au revoir!" ...
— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England
... system of variation, permutation, and combination. We discuss these subjects of the higher education until arrives the inevitable hour of departure. Let us not linger on the doorstep. Into the trap again. Bon voyage! Au revoir! And as passing out of the lodge-gate we get a last glimpse of the party waving adieux to us from the upper terrace, DAUBINET flourishes his hat, and sings out at the top of his voice, "We're leaving thee in sorrow, ANNIE," which is more or less appropriate, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 101, September 26, 1891 • Various
... will have much to talk about," he said—"such old friends as you are; and fond of books and art and music and all that kind of thing.... Glad to see you looking so well, Stafford," he continued. "They say you are the coming man. Well, au revoir. I hope Jasmine will give you a good dinner." Presently he was gone—in a heavy movement ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... I can explain that part of it," said Harold, with a smile; "but how such a statement ever came into his hands is a mystery to me. I will see you this evening without fail," and, assisting Miss Carleton into the carriage, he bade her au revoir, and hastened ...
— That Mainwaring Affair • Maynard Barbour
... qu'Henri rit encore et n'apporte rien.) Eh bien! que faites-vous la avec vos bras pendants et votre mine betement rejouie.... Servez donc! (A Montrichard en s'en allant.) Adieu! baron ... ou plutot au revoir!... car si vous devez rester ici jusqu'a capture faite ... vous voila chez moi en semestre ... (Lui faisant la reverence.) ce dont je me felicite de tout mon coeur.... Adieu! baron, adieu!... (Elle sort ...
— Bataille De Dames • Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouve
... course. Happy to meet you, old man, any time you like. Got everything you want? Cheroots, ice, bedding? That's all right. Well, au revoir, Dirkovitch.' ...
— Life's Handicap • Rudyard Kipling
... the town the dusk was already falling, and the great arc lamps along the terrace in front of the Casino were already lit. Hugh took her as far as the entrance to the Metropole and then, after wishing her au revoir and promising to go with her to Nice if invited, he hastily retraced his steps to the Palmiers. Five minutes later he was speaking to the old Italian at ...
— Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo • William Le Queux
... master are in question: the interest we take in him alone has induced me to apply to you. Since the captain of the musketeers is not here, and as we cannot learn from you where we are likely to find M. d'Artagnan, we will take our leave of you. Au revoir, Planchet, au revoir. Let ...
— The Vicomte de Bragelonne - Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three - Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" • Alexandre Dumas
... to May 6th. Three day rush fast and furious. Nice teeth and eyes, cold English style in daytime but wilts rapidly in the moonlight. Dreadfully exciting. Au revoir! ...
— Skippy Bedelle - His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete - Man of the World • Owen Johnson
... months. But the evenings were not always given up wholly to conversation. Sometimes Mr. Cobleigh of the New York "World," who had a very good tenor voice, would seat himself at the piano and sing "White Wings," "Say au revoir, but not good-by," or "The Banks of the Wabash," and then Mr. Cox, resident manager of the Spanish-American iron-mines, would take Cobleigh's place at the instrument and lead the whole assembled company in "John Brown's Body," "My country, 't is of thee," and "The Star-Spangled Banner," until ...
— Campaigning in Cuba • George Kennan
... hundred times or more I saw one of these conscript soldiers who had put on his uniform again after years of civilian life, turn suddenly to the woman trudging by his side or to a group of people standing round him and say: "Alors, il faut dire Adieu et Au revoir!" One might imagine that he was going on a week-end visit and would be back again in Paris on Monday next. It was only by the long-drawn kiss upon the lips of the woman who raised a dead white face to him and by the abruptness ...
— The Soul of the War • Philip Gibbs
... you, sir," replied M. Pigot, gravely. "Au revoir, monsieur," and with a bow to me, he followed Simmonds into the ...
— The Mystery Of The Boule Cabinet - A Detective Story • Burton Egbert Stevenson
... adventures! Good afternoon, dear. I wish you were to be with us to-night; but I know your rule. I go for my ride. Sultan has had no exercise for five days; and he looked at me quite reproachfully when we met this morning. Au revoir, Harold. We shall ...
— The Man • Bram Stoker
... "Au revoir!" he exclaimed, kissing her lightly on the forehead. "We shan't be long! These horses ...
— Werwolves • Elliott O'Donnell
... and then made his bow to Madam Gordeloup. "Au revoir, my friend," she said, "and you remember all I say. It is not good for de wife to be alone in the country, while de husband walk about in the town and make an eye to every lady he see." Archie would not trust himself to renew ...
— The Claverings • Anthony Trollope
... go out now and call on a few Dowigers said his Lordship picking up his elegent top hat. Well au revoir he added ...
— The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan • Daisy Ashford
... 'Au revoir,' he answered. 'When you are weary of the Emperor, you will always find a commission waiting for you in the service of ...
— The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard • Arthur Conan Doyle
... they all bowed, and Mrs. Mavick said au revoir, and went swinging her parasol down the driveway. Then she turned and called back, "This is the first long walk I have taken." And then she said to herself, "Rather stiff, except the young man and the queer old maid. ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner
... things in duck language, which is not put in here, because it is not generally understood. It is quite a different thing from Pidgin-English, and it isn't all "quack" any more than French is all "au revoir," or Turkey all "gobble, gobble," or goose only a string of "S's," ...
— Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales • Ruth McEnery Stuart
... said, "it is finish. With my frien' Sard I shall now depart. Messieurs, I embrace and salute you. A bientot in Paris — if it be God's will! Done — au revoir, les amis, et a la bonheur! Allons! Each for himself and gar' ...
— The Flaming Jewel • Robert Chambers
... at such an hour of the morning. Pray forgive me, Louise. I have no doubt monsieur the lieutenant and I will meet by and by. N'est-ce pas, monsieur le lieutenant? Good night to you both." And, as Louise moved, Gustave added, "Please, oh, please, do not bother. I know my way out quite well. Au revoir." He drew the curtains aside and, turning towards us, made the politest of ...
— The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon • Jose Maria Gordon
... share I would like to kill one of them, and it is the Kaiser himself; I assure you that I would do it gladly. My dear Henriette, I say "au revoir" ...
— The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 • Various
... hard to meet, and, in fact, are more likely to knock across each other by pure accident than by design. It's always like that in warfare, and more than ever now in this conflict. Well, an revoir! That's the word, isn't it, Henri? Au revoir! Here's wishing that we may meet again soon; and, better than all, hoping that we shall rapidly whop the Germans. Au revoir! We ...
— With Joffre at Verdun - A Story of the Western Front • F. S. Brereton
... horse. The maid (you will recognize her as a stout person suffering under tight stays) is waiting outside to show you the way to the nursery. Au revoir. Stop! I should like to judge the purity of your French accent. Say 'au revoir' to me. Thank you.—Weak in her French, Catherine," Mrs. Presty pronounced, when the door had closed on the governess; "but what can you expect, poor wretch, after such a life as she has led? Now we are alone, I have a word of advice for your private ear. We have ...
— The Evil Genius • Wilkie Collins
... I'm late! Look here, dears, let him write you something in your albums; you've no idea what a wonderful caligraphist he is, wonderful talent! He has just written out 'Abbot Pafnute signed this' for me. Well, au revoir!" ...
— The Idiot • (AKA Feodor Dostoevsky) Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... know everything's square when he plays with me. When we ring again, just bring in the usual. Adieu. Au revoir. Haere ra, which is Maori. Parting ...
— The Tale of Timber Town • Alfred Grace
... sake. Come today, direct from the office, and dine with us as you have done before. As to how you are living now, or as to what settlement you have made with your landlady, I know not, for you write nothing concerning those two points, and seem purposely to have left them unmentioned. Au revoir, my friend. Come to me today without fail. You would do better ALWAYS to dine here. Thedora is an ...
— Poor Folk • Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... "Au revoir, to-morrow." That was all that passed between them. Then, as soon as they had conducted him into the room assigned to him, Heideck threw himself down, as he was, upon the tiles of the floor, and fell instantaneously into ...
— The Coming Conquest of England • August Niemann
... visitor with a curt little bow, he added: "I do not bid you adieu, but au revoir, Monsieur ...
— The Lesser Bourgeoisie • Honore de Balzac
... said good-bye to Salisbury ("good-bye" for me, "au revoir" for the others, perhaps), and were kinematographing in and out of charming scenery, lovelier perhaps than any we'd seen yet. Under green gloom of forests, where it seemed a prisoned dryad might be napping in each tree, and where only a faun could have been a suitable ...
— Set in Silver • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
... sunlight to their nascent weariness and dissatisfaction. Or, again, it may be looked for with longing by one of two lovers, with apprehension by the other. Only when it lay dead did Winifred understand that Eustace was to her a stranger, and that she was lonely alone with him. The "Au revoir" of two bodies may be sweet, but the "Au revoir" of two minds is generally but a hypocritical or sarcastic rendering of the tragic word "Adieu." Winifred's mind cried "Au revoir" to the mind of Eustace, to his nature, to his love, but deep in her soul trembled the minor music, the shuddering ...
— The Folly Of Eustace - 1896 • Robert S. Hichens
... and quietly, the three old ladies, and softly kissed each other's withered cheeks, down which a few tears made their way; the time was past for them for anything but gentle and chastened feelings. And whispering to their old friend not good-bye, but 'Au revoir, au revoir in a better country,' my ladies parted once more ...
— The Tapestry Room - A Child's Romance • Mrs. Molesworth
... GUINEA-COCK.] This has been quite the finest affair of the season! [Darting madly about among the departing guests.] Au revoir! Mondays in August! ...
— Chantecler - Play in Four Acts • Edmond Rostand
... go ahead and try to win through. I wish you luck. But if you fail, remember what I've said. Now, or ten years from now, what I've said goes for you. Now roll over and sleep. Good-by, Lanning, or, rather, au revoir!" ...
— Way of the Lawless • Max Brand
... 'to Tepararee', C'est un chemin long, c'est vrai; C'est un chemin long 'to Tepararee', Et la belle fille qu'je connais. Bonjour, Peekadeely! Au revoir, Lestaire Squaire! C'est un chemin long 'to Tepararee', Mais ...
— Rhymes of a Red Cross Man • Robert W. Service
... themselves from the rest and return.] Oh— and Lord Farncombe! [FARNCOMBE also returns and LILY, passing him, goes on to the landing and mixes with the others.] Be off; Lord Farncombe and Lal will look after Jimmie. Vincent, you close the front-door. No noise! Au revoir, mes enfants! [She watches them descend the stairs and, her manner softening, comes back into the room.] Lord Farncombe wants to have a quiet talk with me, Uncle Lal— about— about something, and he's asked me to let him remain behind with Jimmie for a few minutes. [To JIMMIE.] But there's ...
— The 'Mind the Paint' Girl - A Comedy in Four Acts • Arthur Pinero
... more drawings; one can have too much of a good thing, and it must be time for us to go. We're dining out, and Charles doesn't like dressing in a hurry. Yes, mamma is buttoning her gloves. Good-bye, Mr. Rainham. Shall we see you again before we go to Switzerland? Ah, well, let's hope so. Au revoir, Mr. Lightmark. If you really think it's worth while for me to give you a solitary sitting ...
— A Comedy of Masks - A Novel • Ernest Dowson and Arthur Moore
... dear good charmer take her own time, provided there's none given to affectation, or prudery, or coquetry; and from all these, of course, she must be free; and of course I must be content. ADIEU AU REVOIR.' ...
— The Absentee • Maria Edgeworth
... I'm off now. Ta-ta! Got to slink in Fatty Harris' room before The Roman makes his rounds. Proud to have met you. Au revoir!" ...
— The Varmint • Owen Johnson
... you are sympathetic to my race. We shall be dear friends. I will send you the note to Tetuanui, the chief of Mataiea, to-morrow. Au revoir ...
— Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien
... "It's a free country," she said, "and you have the right to indulge in any hobby that amuses you. Au revoir, old thing." And she spread out her arms like wings and flew to the steps and down to the beach and away with some one who had ...
— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton |
