But his face betrayed nothing.

It always seemed to her that his very dark and straight eyebrows, so obtrusive and unusual as compared with the delicacy of the features, of the fair skin and light brown curls, made it easy for him to wear any mask he pleased.

By their mere physical emphasis they drew attention away from the subtler and more revealing things of expression.
"They say," she went on, "that he is sure to do well in the House, if only he can be made to take interest enough in the party.

But one of his admirers told me that he was not at all anxious to accept this post they have just given him.

He only did it to please his grandfather.