The hominy had salt in it, and proved, though eaten out of the pot, a most acceptable repast.

The General said but little, and that was chiefly what a son would be most likely to be gratified by, in the praise of his father.

We had nothing to drink but bad water; and all the company appeared to be rather grave." That the party should be rather grave, flying from their homes and a superior foe, eating unsalted pottage, and drinking bad water, was, perhaps, natural enough.

That this gravity should appear doubly impressive to a lad of sixteen, in a presence which he was taught to venerate, was still more likely to be the case.

But Marion, though a cheerful man, wore ordinarily a grave, sedate expression of countenance.
Never darkened by gloom, it was seldom usurped by mere merriment.