"I Remember only the expression of their faces when I opened the door.

I remember that, because it awakened in me a feeling of sorrowful joy.
It was an expression of terror, such as I desired.

Never shall I forget that desperate and sudden fright that appeared on their faces when they saw me.

He, I believe, was at the table, and, when he saw or heard me, he started, jumped to his feet, and retreated to the sideboard.

Fear was the only sentiment that could be read with certainty in his face.
In hers, too, fear was to be read, but accompanied by other impressions.
And yet, if her face had expressed only fear, perhaps that which happened would not have happened.