Page 24 (1/1)

At first he had a decided sense of humiliation, and a consciousness that it was deserved He had been talking largely and confidently of an art concerning which he knew little, and in which he began to think that his listener was quite well versed

But as the thought of the coot himself and his dileratification at the sareater pleasure to look at the perforlance of observation, fearing soment or else cool indifference in the expression of his face, and she was naturally pleased and encouraged when she saw, instead, undisguised admiration His previous manner had annoyed her, and she determined to show him that his superior airs were quite uncalled for Thus the diffident girl was led to surpass herself, and infuse soas to surprise even her aunt

Haldane was soon satisfied that she was more than pretty--that she was beautiful Her features, that had seemed too thin and colorless, flushed with exciteht cold and expressionless, kindled until they became lustrous He felt, in a way that he could not define to himself, that her face was full of power and irls who had hitherto been his favorites

As she rose from the piano he was mastered by one of those i better, and he said i your pardon You know a hundred-foldas if the reverse were true I never heard anything so fine in my life, and I also confess that I never heard that piece before"

The young girl blushed with pleasure on having thus speedily vanquished this superior being, who both to dread and dislike At the same time his frank, impulsive words of compliment didagainst hih, that often accobert, and ood for the soul'"

Haldane did not get on his stilts again that evening, and before it was over he concluded that Miss Roh, for some reason, she still perht, however, with a smile that was not unkindly, and which was interpreted by hiracious