both,toformaablejudgment.NowIsawnobad.Thesarcasmthathadrepelled,theharshhathadstartledmeonce,wereonlylikekeenentsinachoicedish:theirpresenceu,buttheirabsencewouldbefeltasparativelyinsipid.Andasforthevaguesomething—wasitasinisterorasorrowful,adesigningoradespondingexpression?—thatopeneduponacarefulobserver,nowandthen,inhiseye,andclosedagainbeforeonecouldfathomthestrahpartiallydisclosed;thatsomethingwhichusedtomakemefearandshrink,asifIhadbeenwanderingamongstvolic-lookinghills,andhadsuddehegroundquiveragape:thatsomething,I,atintervals,beheldstill;andwiththrobbi,butnotwithpalsiednerves.Insteadofwishingtoshun,Ilongedonlytodare—todivi;andIthoughtMissIngramhappy,becauseonedayshemightlookintotheabyssatherleisure,exploreitssecretsandanalysetheirnature.

    Meantime,whileIthoughtonlyofmymasterandhisfuturebride—sawonlythem,heardonlytheirdiscourse,andsideredonlytheirmovementsofimportaherestofthepartywereoccupiedwiththeirownseparateisandpleasures.TheLadiesLynnandIngramtiosortinsolemnferences,wheretheyheirtwoturbansateachother,andhelduptheirfourhandsinfrontiuresofsurprise,ormystery,orhorror,acctothethemeonwhichtheirgossipran,likeapairofmagnifiedpuppets.MildMrs.Denttalkedwithgood-naturedMrs.Eshton;awosometimesbestowedacourteouswordorsmileonme.SirGeeLynn,elDent,andMr.Eshtondiscussedpolitics,ortyaffairs,orjusticebusiness.LramflirtedwithAmyEshton;LouisaplayedandsangtoandwithoheMessrs.Lynn;andMaryIngramlistenedlanguidlytothegallantspeechesoftheother.Sometimesall,aswithonesent,suspeheirby-pla