honesty,goodness,manliness,tenderness,devotion,forheronlyexistedintheirpuritynowinthebreastsofunvarnishedmen;andherewasonewhohadmanifestedthemtowardsherfromhisyouthup。
Therewas,further,thatnever-ceasingpityinhersoulforGilesasamanwhomshehadwronged——amanwhohadbeenunfortunateinhisworldlytransactions;while,notwithoutatouchofsublimity,hehad,likeHoratio,bornehimselfthroughouthisscathing“Asone,insufferingall,thatsuffersnothing。”
Itwastheseperceptions,andnosubtlecatchingofherhusband’smurmurs,thathadbredtheabstractionvisibleinher。
WhenherfatherapproachedthehouseafterwitnessingtheinterviewbetweenFitzpiersandMrs。Charmond,Gracewaslookingoutofhersitting-roomwindow,asifshehadnothingtodo,orthinkof,orcarefor。Hestoodstill。
“Ah,Grace。”hesaid,regardingherfixedly。