The ladies listened avidly, evidently believing every word he said.
In the ante-room her ladies would be listening, waiting for the cry of the child.
It was strange to see the wonder with which these two ladies listened to its outlines, but on that I need not dwell.
If you're wondering why we let the lady listen in, that's psychology.
James laughed and said, knowing the old lady was listening, "She's a terror, isn't she?"
The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
"A little lady always listens," her mother had said.
Two centuries ago, no gentleman would have said that where any lady might be listening.
The lady in lilac came up too, stood a moment, looked at the body, listened to the talk, and went on.
The lady must have been listening at the door.