It is true that in the course of my life I have scarcely ever had occasion to repent placing confidence in individuals whose countenances have prepossessed me in their favour; though to how many I may have been unjust, from whose countenances I may have drawn unfavourable conclusions, is another matter.
But it had been decreed by that Fate which governs our every action, that I was soon to return to my old pursuits.

It was written that I should not yet cease to be Lav-engro, though I had become, in my own opinion, a kind of Lavater.

It is singular enough that my renewed ardour for philology seems to have been brought about indirectly by my physiognomical researches, in which had I not indulged, the event which I am about to relate, as far as connected with myself, might never have occurred.

Amongst the various countenances which I admitted during the period of my answering the bell, there were two which particularly pleased me, and which belonged to an elderly yeoman and his wife, whom some little business had brought to our law sanctuary.

I believe they experienced from me some kindness and attention, which won the old people's hearts.