But still she kept silence, and sat scanning him intently from head to foot, herself as motionless as a statue; her hands folded together before her, over the manuscript which lay upon her knee.

If there was a blush on her cheek at her own daring, his eyes swam too much to notice it.
When would the intolerable suspense end?
She was, perhaps, as unwilling to speak as he.

But some one must strike the first blow: and, as often happens, the weaker party, impelled by sheer fear, struck it, and broke the silence in a tone half indignant, half apologetic-- 'You sent for me hither!' 'I did.

It seemed to me, as I watched you during my lecture, both before and after you were rude enough to interrupt me, that your offence was one of mere youthful ignorance.

It seemed to me that your countenance bespoke a nobler nature than that which the gods are usually pleased to bestow upon monks.