The youth had thrown an earnest look at Frances, as soon as his sister raised herself from his arms, and perhaps it was the first glance at the lovely lineaments of our heroine, when the gazer turned his eyes from the view in disappointment. He seemed bewildered, rubbed his forehead like a man awaking from a dream, and mused.
A fiatalember kibontakozott húga karjaiból, egy komoly pillantást vetett Francesre, s talán most történt meg először, hogy valaki csalódottan elfordult, miután hősnőnk szép vonásaira tekintett, Singleton kapitány zavartnak látszott, a homlokát dörzsölte, mint aki most ébred fel valami mély álomból.