35/42 This gave Felix great hope; he was sure that Mr.Brand would be flattered. Felix thought him very transparent, and indeed he was so; he could neither simulate nor dissimulate. "I scarcely know what to make of this," he said at last, without looking up; and Felix was struck with the fact that he offered no protest or contradiction. Evidently Felix had kindled a train of memories--a retrospective illumination. It was making, to Mr.Brand's astonished eyes, a very pretty blaze; his second emotion had been a gratification of vanity. |