Mr.Mountjoy, are you aware that I am looking at you ?" "Impossible not to be aware of that," Hugh answered.

"May I ask why you are looking at me ?" It was not easy to listen gravely to Mr.Vimpany's denunciation of intemperance, after what had taken place at the dinner of that day.

Hugh smiled.

The moral majesty of the doctor entered its protest.
"This is really shameful," he said.

"The least you can do is to take it seriously." "What is it ?" Mountjoy asked.