therefore, waited in visible suspense while Mr. Sillerton Jackson handed back Lawrence Lefferts's opera-glass. For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids; then he gave his moustache a thoughtful twist, and said simply: \"I didn't think the Mingotts would have tried it on.\"
II.
Newland Archer, during this brief episode, had been thrown into a strange state of embarrassment.
therefore, waited in visible suspense while Mr. Sillerton Jackson handed back Lawrence Lefferts's opera-glass. For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids; then he gave his moustache a thoughtful twist, and said simply: \"I didn't think the Mingotts would have tried it on.\"
II.
Newland Archer, during this brief episode, had been thrown into a strange state of embarrassment.
