What possessed her to indulge in such a performanceperformancein the sight of the sparrows , blackbirds , and unperceived farmer who were alone its spectators , -- whether the smilesmilebegan as a factitious one , to test her capacity in that art , -- nobody knows ; it ended certainly in a real smilesmile.
She simply observedobserveherself as a fair product of Nature in the feminine kind , her thoughtsthoughtseeming to glide into far-off though likely dramas in which men would play a part -- vistas of probable triumphs -- the smilessmilebeing of a phase suggesting that hearts were imagined as lost and won .
They even vaguely smiledsmileat it , and Strether presently observedobservethat Mr. Waymarsh would , no doubt , be easily to be seen .
“ No mention of that local hunt , Watson , ” saidsayHolmes with a mischievous smilesmile, “ but a country doctor , as you very astutely observedobserve.
As the painter lookedlookat the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art , a smilesmileof pleasure passed across his face , and seemed about to linger there .
She smiledsmile, and gavegivesome message to an elderly man in white shirt-sleeves , who had followed her to the door .
A contemptuous smilesmile, barely perceptible , played on his lips , but his eyes remained meditative .
But when the echoesechohad fully ceasedcease, a light laughterlaughterat once pervaded the assembly ; the musicians lookedlookat each other and smiledsmileas if at their own nervousness and folly , and made whispering vowsvow, each to the other , that the next chiming of the clock should produce in them no similar emotion ; and then , after the lapse of sixty minutes , ( which embrace three thousand and six hundred seconds of the Time that flies , ) there came yet another chimingchimeof the clock , and then were the same disconcertdisconcertand tremulousnesstremulousnessand meditationmeditationas before .
In a moment , however , wisely judgingjudgethat one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another , she tooktakethe baby on her arm , and with a burning blushblush, and yet a haughty smilesmile, and a glanceglancethat would not be abashed , lookedlookaround at her townspeople and neighbours .