Her father was plunged in a gloom which lifted for but a brief space at the appearance of a fresh delicacy.

Guerchard ate and drank seriously, answering the questions of the Duke in a somewhat absent-minded fashion.

The Duke himself seemed to have lost his usual flow of good spirits, and at times his brow was knitted in an anxious frown.

His questions to Guerchard showed a far less keen interest in the affair.
To him the lunch seemed very long and very tedious; but at last it came to an end.

M.Gournay-Martin seemed to have been much cheered by the wine he had drunk.