In five minutes more he was asleep.
A little later, and the party returned from the ruins.
With the one exception of their lady-leader, the whole expedition was depressed--Smith and Jones, in particular, being quite speechless.

Lady Lundie alone still met feudal antiquities with a cheerful front.

She had cheated the man who showed the ruins of his shilling, and she was thoroughly well satisfied with herself.

Her voice was flute-like in its melody, and the celebrated "smile" had never been in better order.
"Deeply interesting!" said her ladyship, descending from the carriage with ponderous grace, and addressing herself to Geoffrey, lounging under the portico of the house.

"You have had a loss, Mr.Delamayn.The next time you go out for a walk, give your hostess a word of warning, and you won't repent it." Blanche (looking very weary and anxious) questioned the servant, the moment she got in, about Arnold and her uncle.