half-hoping

She remained a long time in the water, half hoping that Mademoiselle Reisz would not wait for her.

He began scratching up the sand for a few moments, and I watched him, half hoping and believing that he might be right.

He paused uneasily, half hoping she would move or speak; but only the sound of a choked sob came to him, and he shivered.

Slowly I took my way towards the house and sought Lady Ellinor, half hoping, half dreading to find her alone.

I opened it, half hoping, half fearing, that Jane herself might have come to see me.