Nobody was doing anything, not even her husband.

But perhaps that was what troubled her.
I noticed that for some cause he was looking very serious--and when she had tried to attract his attention two or three times and failed, she just fell from her chair to the floor.

That roused him.

He has hardly left her since." "I don't think they look very happy, do you, for so rich and handsome a couple ?" "Perhaps he is dissipated.

I have noticed that the old gentleman never leaves them." "Well, well, he may be dissipated; handsome men are very apt to be.