Mr.Moggridge tried to look very leonine indeed.

Across the room another pair of eyes gently reproached him.

Never before had he tarried so long from Sophia's side.

Poor little heart! beating so painfully beneath your dowdy muslin bodice.

It was early yet for you to ache.
"Oh, ah, Dick Cheddar--knew him well," came in the sonorous tones of the Honourable Frederic from the whist-table.