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Chapter XXIX

           Hewasyoungperhapsfromtwenty-eighttothirtytall,slender;hisfacerivetedtheeye;itwaslikeaGreekface,verypureinoutline:quiteastraight,classicnose;quiteanAthenianmouthandchin. Itisseldom,indeed,anEnglishfacecomessoneartheantiquemodelsasdidhis. Hemightwellbealittleshockedattheirregularityofmylineaments,hisownbeingsoharmonious. Hiseyeswerelargeandblue,withbrownlashes;hishighforehead,colourlessasivory,waspartiallystreakedoverbycarelesslocksoffairhair. 

           Thisisagentledelineation,isitnot,reader?Yethewhomitdescribesscarcelyimpressedonewiththeideaofagentle,ayielding,animpressible,orevenofaplacidnature. Quiescentashenowsat,therewassomethingabouthisnostril,hismouth,hisbrow,which,tomyperceptions,indicatedelementswithineitherrestless,orhard,oreager. Hedidnotspeaktomeoneword,norevendirecttomeoneglance,tillhissistersreturned. Diana,asshepassedinandout,inthecourseofpreparingtea,broughtmealittlecake,bakedonthetopoftheoven. 

           "Eatthatnow,"shesaid:"youmustbehungry.Hannahsaysyouhavehadnothingbutsomegruelsincebreakfast." 

           Ididnotrefuseit,formyappetitewasawakenedandkeen. Mr.Riversnowclosedhisbook,approachedthetable,and,ashetookaseat,fixedhisbluepictorial-lookingeyesfullonme. 

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