He declined to judge for himself; he persisted in appealing to me.

When I told the little love-story of the two young people, one event in it appeared to make a very strong impression on him.

The effect produced on Lucilla (when she first heard it) by the sound of his brother's voice, dwelt strangely on his mind.

He failed to understand it; he ridiculed it; he declined to believe it.

I was obliged to remind him that Lucilla was blind, and that love which, in other cases, first finds its way to the heart through the eyes, could only, in her case, first find its way through the ears.