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Chapter XII. Of The Lamps Of The Mansions: The Ambassador Plea

           Hewasbutslightlyaffectedbytheintelligence,anddevotedhimselftothemoregeneraltopicswhichwouldinterestCarrie.Itwassurprising—theeasewithwhichheconductedaconversation.Hewaslikeeverymanwhohashadtheadvantageofpracticeandknowshehassympathy.HeknewthatCarrielistenedtohimpleasurably,and,withouttheleasteffort,hefellintoatrainofobservationwhichabsorbedherfancy.Hedrewuphischairandmodulatedhisvoicetosuchadegreethatwhathesaidseemedwhollyconfidential.Heconfinedhimselfalmostexclusivelytohisobservationofmenandpleasures.Hehadbeenhereandthere,hehadseenthisandthat.SomehowhemadeCarriewishtoseesimilarthings,andallthewhilekeptherawareofhimself.Shecouldnotshutouttheconsciousnessofhisindividualityandpresenceforamoment.Hewouldraisehiseyesslowlyinsmilingemphasisofsomething,andshewasfixedbytheirmagnetism.Hewoulddrawout,withtheeasiestgrace,herapproval.Oncehetouchedherhandforemphasisandsheonlysmiled.Heseemedtoradiateanatmospherewhichsuffusedherbeing.Hewasneverdullforaminute,andseemedtomakeherclever.Atleast,shebrightenedunderhisinfluenceuntilallherbestsidewasexhibited.Shefeltthatshewasmorecleverwithhimthanwithothers.Atleast,heseemedtofindsomuchinhertoapplaud.Therewasnottheslightesttouchofpatronage.Drouetwasfullofit.

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