Mr.Mulready, as usual, was smiling, and seemed to convey by the looks which he cast round that he regarded the assemblage as a personal compliment to himself.
Lucy and Charlie betrayed no emotion either way; they were not pleased, but the excitement of the affair amused and interested them, and they might be said to be passive spectators.

Ned, however, although he had brought himself to be present, could not bring himself to look as if the ceremony had his approval or sanction.

He just glared, as Abijah, who was present, afterward confided to some of her friends, as if he could have killed the man as he stood.

His look of undisguised hostility was indeed noticed by all who were in church, and counted heavily against him in the days which were to come..