Nothing but ways and means and arrangements could be talked about.
By fixing his eyes obstinately on the ground, which gave him an air of reflective sadness, Renouard managed to recover his self-possession.

He used it to keep his voice in a low key and to measure his words on the great subject.

And he took care with a great inward effort to make them reasonable without giving them a discouraging complexion.

For he did not want the quest to be given up, since it would mean her going away with her two attendant grey-heads to the other side of the world.
He was asked to come again, to come often and take part in the counsels of all these people captivated by the sentimental enterprise of a declared love.

On taking Miss Moorsom's hand he looked up, would have liked to say something, but found himself voiceless, with his lips suddenly sealed.