She had, as Aminta had, the self-collected and self-cancelled look, a realm in a look, that was neither depth nor fervour, nor a bestowal, nor an allurement; nor was it an exposure, though there seemed no reserve.

One would be near the meaning in declaring it to bewilder men with the riddle of openhandedness.

We read it--all may read it--as we read inexplicable plain life; in which let us have a confiding mind, despite the blows at our heart, and some understanding will enter us.
He shut the door upon picture and speculations, returning to them by another door.

The lady had not Aminta's freshness: she might be taken for an elder sister of Aminta.

But Weyburn wanted to have her position defined before he set her beside Aminta.