Halcyone's

Halcyone's husband, Ceyx, a king of Trachinia, was drowned while attempting to cross to Claros to consult the Oracle.

The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales James Grant

Mr. Carlyon bowed, and the platitudes were continued, each felt he or she must approach the subject of Halcyone's lessons, but waited for the other to begin.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

Mr. Carlyon had not restricted Halcyone's reading: she knew it was from the "Bacchæ" of Euripides, and answered:

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

"John is so strong," Mr. Carlyon said, as he put down the receiver which he had with difficulty manipulated -- to Halcyone's trembling impatience.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

Mr. Carlyon, of course, must be aware of Halcyone's night wandering proclivities.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

He did not speak for a moment; he gazed into Halcyone's face.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

And then, this next morning, Halcyone's letter had come.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

Halcyone's pitiful little communication absently, and thought deeply.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

Here Halcyone's foot had struck against the marble upon her original voyage of discovery, and by the other objects she encountered she supposed someone long ago, being in flight, had gradually dropped things which were heavy and of least value.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

Then those instinctive good manners of Halcyone's came uppermost, inherited, like her slender shape and balanced head, from that long line of La Sarthe ancestors, and she thanked the old man with a quaint, courtly, sweetly pedantic grace.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903