He was decorously alert.

When the crucial moment came, he was imperturbable.

Boulter was an excellent servant.

So said Edward Lambert to himself after the event; so, likewise, said Mrs.Townley to herself when the thing was over; so declared General Armour many a time after, and once very emphatically, just before he raised Boulter's wages.
As the boat neared Liverpool, Lambert and Mrs.Townley grew nervous.

The truth regarding the Indian wife had become known among the passengers, and most were very curious--some in a well-bred fashion, some intrusively, vulgarly.