This grimmer side of the building Paul reserved to the last for reasons of his own, and Etta's manifest delight in the grandeur of the more modern apartments fully rewarded him.

Here, again, that side of her character manifested itself which has already been shown.

She was dazzled and exhilarated by the splendor of it all, and the immediate effect was a feeling of affection toward the man to whom this belonged; who was in act, if not in word, laying it at her feet.
When they passed from the lofty rooms to the dimmer passages of the old castle Etta's spirits visibly dropped, her interest slackened.

He told her of tragedies enacted in by-gone times--such ancient tales of violent death and broken hearts as attach themselves to gray stone walls and dungeon keeps.

She only half listened, for her mind was busy with the splendors they had left behind, with the purposes to which such splendors could be turned.