But I suppose she picks up things from other people." "I think so.

She is a close observer." "I think you are wrong there, Rachel, for when she was here some years ago she never looked about her at all.

And I asked her how she judged of people, and she said, 'By appearances.' Now that was very silly, because, as I explained to her, appearances were most deceptive, and I had often thought a person with a cold manner was cold-hearted, and afterwards found I was quite mistaken." Rachel did not answer.

She wondered in what the gift consisted, which Lady Newhaven and Sybell both possessed, of bringing all conversation to a stand-still.
"It seems curious," said Lady Newhaven, after a pause, "how the books are mostly written by the people who know least of life.

Now, the _Sonnets from the Portuguese_.