lest she should be thought to have committed herself in advance, she added, with the sweetest look: \"Henry always enjoys seeing you, dear Adeline; and he will wish to congratulate Newland.\"
The double doors had solemnly reopened and between them appeared Mr. Henry van der Luyden, tall, spare and frock-coated, with faded fair hair, a straight nose like his wife's and the same look of frozen gentleness in eyes that were merely pale grey instead of pale blue.
lest she should be thought to have committed herself in advance, she added, with the sweetest look: \"Henry always enjoys seeing you, dear Adeline; and he will wish to congratulate Newland.\"
The double doors had solemnly reopened and between them appeared Mr. Henry van der Luyden, tall, spare and frock-coated, with faded fair hair, a straight nose like his wife's and the same look of frozen gentleness in eyes that were merely pale grey instead of pale blue.
