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They see, hear, and feel that of which the rest of their world is unaware, and will remain unaware for ever. To the endearing and passion-inspiring qualities Emily Walderhurst saw in this more than middle-aged gentleman an unstirred world would remain blind, deaf, and imperceptive until its end transpired.
When this dramatic sense is bestowed upon a heavy-handed, imperceptive, egotistical person, it becomes a terrible affliction to other people, unless indeed the onlooker possesses the humorous spectatorial curiosity; when it becomes a matter of delight to find a person behaving characteristically, striking the hour punctually, and being, as Mr. Bennet thought of Mr.
He held it ajar till he heard Maggie stepping softly and slowly across the floor. She opened the parlor-door; and stood looking in, with the strange imperceptive gaze of a sleep-walker. Then she roused herself and saw that he was not there; so she came in a step or two, and sat down in her dripping cloak on a chair near the door. Edward returned, bold now there was no danger.
"An invitation," she said icily, as she passed it to her husband. "Rather short notice." "We're not doing anything, are we?" he asked. Peppino was a little imperceptive sometimes. "No, it wasn't that I meant," she said. "But there's a little more informality about it than one would expect." "Probably it's an informal party," said he. "It certainly seems most informal.
Her eye wandered; the hand to which Angelina clung was an abstract, imperceptive hand Angelina and Rose were free to pursue their own train of fancy the garden was at their service. But with Aunt Emily how different! Aunt Emily pursued relentlessly her educational tactics.
Had Roger been just his normal self that afternoon his matter-of-fact, imperceptive self he would never have known how to answer Nan's half-desperate question, and the rose-garden might have witnessed a different ending to the scene.
Usually she found this kind of man very imperceptive and gross. Laurie seemed perfectly at his ease, dressed quite in the proper way, and had an air of presentableness that usually only went with Philistinism. She determined to do her best. "May I speak quite freely, please?" he asked, looking straight at her.
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