He held a volume in his attenuated hand, with the contents of which, he seemed intently occupied.

There was a faint rosy flush on her cheek, and she held a volume in her hand as she approached her father.

Although she held a volume of "Monte Cristo," she was not reading, and as Stephen turned towards her, their eyes met.

How many times, when the flagons had been emptied, one of us held a volume of Lamartine and read in a voice choked by emotion!