He then withdrew in a mood somewhat between sullenness and regret.
When the stranger was left to himself, he paced the room some time in a state of much anxiety, if not distress.

At length he sat down, and, leaning his head upon his hand, exclaimed unconsciously aloud: "Alas! I fear this search is vain.

The faint traces of imaginary resemblance, which I thought I had discovered in this young man's features, are visible no longer.

It is; true, this portrait," looking once more at the miniature, "was taken when the original was only a child of five years; but still it was remarked that the family resemblances were, from childhood up, both strong and striking.

Then, this unfortunate person is perfectly inscrutable, and not to be managed by any ordinary procedure at present intelligible to me.