She was gay and chatty, and her countenance fresh and blooming.
But I missed something--something the absence of which awakened a sigh of regret.

Ralph was very lover-like in his deportment, fluttering about Delia, complimenting her, and showing her many obtrusive attentions.

But eyes that were in the habit of looking below the surface of things, saw no heart in it all.
Squire Floyd was delighted with his daughter's fine prospects; and he and Judge Bigelow drew their heads together over the affair in a cosy and confidential way very pleasant to both of them.

The Judge was eloquent touching his nephew's fine qualities and splendid prospects; and congratulated the Squire, time and again, on his daughter's fortunate matrimonial speculation.

He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.
A few days after the engagement Ralph Dewey returned to New York.