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Chapter 3

           Themouthwasperhapsthemosttellingfeatureinthisremarkableface—setintheperfectcurveofbeauty,itwasyetfirm,determined,andnottoosmall,thusescapingeffeminacy—andInotedthatinreposeitexpressedbitterness,disdainandevencruelty.Butwiththelightofasmileuponit,itsignified,orseemedtosignify,somethingmoresubtlethananypassiontowhichwecangiveaname,andalreadywiththerapidityofalightningflash,Icaughtmyselfwonderingwhatthatmysticundeclaredsomethingmightbe.AtaglanceIcomprehendedtheseprimarydetailsofmynewacquaintance’seminentlyprepossessingappearance,andwhenmyhanddroppedfromhisclosegraspIfeltasifIhadknownhimallmylife!Andnowfacetofacewithhiminthebrightlamp-light,Irememberedmyactualsurroundings—thebarecoldroom,thelackoffire,theblacksootthatsprinkledthenearlycarpetlessfloor—myownshabbyclothesanddeplorableaspect,ascomparedwiththisregal-lookingindividual,whocarriedthevisibleevidenceofwealthuponhiminthesuperbRussiansablesthatlinedandborderedhislongovercoatwhichhenowpartiallyunfastenedandthrewopenwithacarelesslyimperialair,thewhileheregardedme,smiling.

           "IknowIhavecomeatanawkwardmoment,"hesaid—"Ialwaysdo!Itismypeculiarmisfortune.Well-bredpeopleneverintrudewheretheyarenotwanted—andinthisparticularI’mafraidmymannersleavemuchtobedesired.

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