7/34 His attitudes were rather grotesque, of the sort that would pass in a person of his eminence. He stuck his eye-glasses on the end of his nose, looked at me short-sightedly, took them off and looked again. He had the air of looking down from an immense height--of needing a telescope. Mrs.Granger's son, I presume.... I wasn't aware...." The hesitation of his manner made me feel as if we never should get anywhere--not for years and years. |