But he was very tentative, fastidiously so, letting Ruth set the pace of sprightliness and fancy, keeping up with her but never daring to go beyond her.
With his fastidiously combed whiskers and sharp eyes, almost as sharp as those of the animals from whom the pelts were taken, Ruts' glance is that of a slightly impatient intelligence.
Over and over, year after year, Crampton measured to the tiniest degree - to eight decimal places the whorls and arcs and gentle curves of numberless Partula, compiling the results into fastidiously detailed tables.
Rosamond, though no older than Mary, was rather used to being fallen in love with; but she, for her part, had remained indifferent and fastidiously critical towards both fresh sprig and faded bachelor.