The truth was, that the man's nature counteracted his spirit's intenser eagerness and restlessness by alternating a state of repose that resembled dormancy, and so preserved him.

Rosamund was obliged to give him credit for straightforward eyes when they did look out and flash.

Their filmy blue, half overflown with grey by age, was poignant while the fire in them lasted.

Her antipathy attributed something electrical to the light they shot.
Dr.Shrapnel's account of Nevil stated him to have gone to call on Colonel Halkett, a new resident at Mount Laurels, on the Otley river.

He offered the welcome of his house to the lady who was Captain Beauchamp's friend, saying, with extraordinary fatuity (so it sounded in Rosamund's ears), that Captain Beauchamp would certainly not let an evening pass without coming to him.