Your garb and manner were restricted by rule; your air was often diffident, and altogether that of one refined by nature, but absolutely unused to society, and a good deal afraid of making herself disadvantageously conspicuous by some solecism or blunder; yet when addressed, you lifted a keen, a daring, and a glowing eye to your interlocutor's face: there was penetration and power in each glance you gave; when plied by close questions, you found ready and round answers.
Nagyon félt attól, hogy valami ügyetlenséget, baklövést követ el, hogy előnytelen oldaláról mutatkozik be. De ha kérdeztem valamit: bátran a szemembe nézett, átható és fürkésző tekintettel.