And yet, when he had spoken unusually well, or with remarkable

epigrammatic point, she felt that his eye sought the expression

of her countenance first of all, if but for an instant; and that,

in the family intercourse which constantly threw them together,

her opinion was the one to which he listened with a

deference,--the more complete, because it was reluctantly paid,

and concealed as much as possible.




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