to preserve appearances; to preserve silence

No doubt her pleasure would have been at that moment to give him not only that gold which she had been saving up against rent-day, but the spoons, the furniture, and all the valuables of the house, including, perhaps, J. J.'s bricabrac, cabinets, china, and so forth.

The tide of holidayism which came into Christianity with the Sunday has never been checked, even temporarily, by any other authority. Divine authority alone can make a Sabbath; whatever is less than that, cannot rise above holidayism.

Bubblegum: Okay, Ricardio. I'll do it. I'll be your wife. Ricardio: Ah! Bubblegum: If you can beat me at hand-to-hand combat! Ricardio: Oh, my. How Valkyrian.