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The excitement of the totally unexpected discovery had been temporarily almost overpowering to Mr. Carrisford in his weak condition.
The squat student looked at him seriously and shook his umbrella gently and reprovingly.
There was really something blameworthy (she thought) in their joint contemplation of the shadowy stream, in the common impulse which had turned them to the house without the passing of a look or word.
He gnawed his lip, drummed his fingers upon the table, and showed every other symptom of acute impatience.
