She contented content herself by leaning lean back in her chair , merely playing play with the food on her plate , and looking grave and absent ; while all around her were enjoying enjoy the mots mot of Mr. Grey , the gentleman who always took the bottom of the table at Mrs. Shaw 's dinner parties , and asked Edith to give them some music in the drawing-room .

As for me , I was hungry , and contented content myself with silently demolishing demolish the tea , ham , and toast , while my mother and sister went on talking talk , and continued to discuss discuss the apparent or non-apparent circumstances , and probable or improbable history of the mysterious lady ; but I must confess confess that , after my brother ’s misadventure misadventure , I once or twice raised raise the cup to my lips , and put put it down again without daring to taste the contents , lest I should injure my dignity by a similar explosion explosion .