But I will speak of him presently more at large.

The meal at an end, he rose, got his great coat, and looking (as I thought) at me, observed he had affairs abroad.

I took this for a hint that I was to be going also, and got up; whereupon the girl, who had scarce given me greeting at my entrance, turned her eyes on me wide open, with a look that bade me stay.

I stood between them like a fish out of water, turning from one to the other; neither seemed to observe me, she gazing on the floor, he buttoning his coat: which vastly swelled my embarrassment.

This appearance of indifferency argued, upon her side, a good deal of anger very near to burst out.