The interest in her look was not the simple one to be expected.

In another person in other circumstances I should have characterized her glance as one of inquiry and wonder.

But neither inquiry nor wonder described the present situation, and I put myself upon my guard.
Seeing me look her way, she flushed, and, throwing wide the door, remarked in the pleasantest of tones: "This is your room.

Mrs.Packard says that if it is not large enough or does not seem pleasant to you, she will find you another one to-morrow." "It's very pleasant and quite large enough," I confidently replied, after a hasty look about me.

"I could not be more comfortable." She smiled, a trifle broadly for the occasion, I thought, and patted a pillow here and twitched a curtain there, as she remarked with a certain emphasis: "I'm sure you will be comfortable.