Surely men of such great personal attractions are few.

Instantly the light, shaded though it seemingly was in all directions, settled on his face, making him, to my astonished gaze, the leading personality in the group.

Was this on account of the distinction inherent in extreme beauty or because of a new and dominating expression which had insensibly crept into his features?
The mayor, and the mayor only, seemed oblivious to the fact.

Glancing up from the child, he opened the conference by saying: "Tell Mrs.Packard, Steele, what you have just told me." With a quiet shifting of his figure which brought him into a better line with the woman he was asked to address, the secretary opened his lips to reply when she, starting, reached out one hand and drew toward herself the little innocent figure of her child, which she at once placed between herself and him.

Seeing this, I recalled the scraps of cipher left in my room above and wished I had succeeded in determining their meaning, if only to understand the present enigmatical situation.
Meanwhile Mr.Steele was saying in the mellow tone of a man accustomed to tune his voice to suit all occasions: "Mrs.Packard will excuse me if I seem abrupt.