What she felt for him-and she told herself it was deep aversion-nevertheless constituted a large share of her inner life, little as she would confess it to herself.
Her new hosts had received her as a welcome guest, and they certainly did not seem to be poor.

The house was spacious, and though it was old and unpretentious it was comfortable and furnished with artistic taste.
The garden had amazed her by the care lavished on it; she had seen a hump-backed gardener and several children at work in it.

A strange party-for every one of them, like their chief, was in some way deformed or crippled.
The plot of ground--which extended towards the river to the road-way for foot passengers, vehicles and the files of men towing the Nile-boats--was but narrow, and bounded on either side by extensive premises.

Not far from the spot where it lay nearest to the river was the bridge of boats connecting Memphis with the island of Rodah.

To the right was the magnificent residence--a palace indeed--belonging to Susannah; to the left was an extensive grove, where tall palms, sycamores with spreading foliage, and dense thickets of blue-green tamarisk trees cast their shade.