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"Iht summon you to my

presence An unusual--to me--a perfectly new character I suspected

was yours: I desired to search it deeper and know it better You

entered the room with a look and air at once shy and independent:

you were quaintly dressed-- I found you full of strange contrasts Your garb and

manner were restricted by rule; your air was often diffident, and

altogether that of one refined by nature, but absolutely unused to

society, and a good deal afraid of eously

conspicuous by some solecism or blunder; yet when addressed, you

lifted a keen, a daring, and a glowing eye to your interlocutor's

face: there was penetration and power in each glance you gave; when

plied by close questions, you found ready and round answers Very

soon you seeet used to me: I believe you felt the existence

of syri to see how quickly a certain pleasant ease

tranquillised your manner: snarl as I would, you showed no

surprise, fear, annoyance, or displeasure at my moroseness; you

watched acious grace I cannot describe I was at once content and

stimulated hat I saw: I liked what I had seen, and wished to

see ht