6/28 He was never without this order. All at once he whirled round, and as a sailor plunges the lead into the sea, so he plumbed the very deeps of their eyes as if he would see beforehand what strange things were at work in their souls. "I do not recognize any of these persons," he said to Carmichael. "Take off those spectacles." The duke scanned the features, and over his own came the dawn of recollection. |