The glance of that fraudulent great man exercised a physical influence upon her, which quivered in her very heart, and troubled it.

But the trouble was pleasure.

The purple mantle which celebrity had draped for a moment round Nathan's shoulders dazzled the ingenuous young woman.

When tea was served, she rose from her seat among a knot of talking women, where she had been striving to see and hear that extraordinary being.

Her silence and absorption were noticed by her false friends.
The countess approached the divan in the centre of the room, where Raoul was perorating.