Bess was there; but Bess did not weigh upon her, since Bess applauded her love.

Senator Hanway was there; but "Uncle Pat" did not confuse her, since he cared nothing about her love.
It was Mr.Harley who permitted, and Mrs.Hanway-Harley who tolerated, her heart's choice that set her cheeks aflame.

Still it was good to see Richard sitting across in the serpent stead of Storri--to see one whom she worshiped where one whom she feared and loathed had been before! It was twice good to think the present was immortal while the past was dead.

As Dorothy thought these things and sweetly blushed to think them, you would have been reminded of a rose, if her blue eyes had not made you remember violets, or by their clear, true, tranquil depths led you away to muse on summer skies.
Richard bore the ordeal of that dinner manfully; ordeal it was, for he felt himself on exhibition.

He was rigorous to seem unruffled, and defended his calmness by talking general politics with Senator Hanway.
Nor did he fall into the error of speaking of tempests in the stock market; and as for the recreant Storri, no one named him.