half-suppressing

Updated: May 25, 2025

Portia, with a sigh, moves on, confessing to herself the mutability of all things, and pushing aside some low-lying branches of a heavily-scented shrub, finds herself face to face with a tall young man, who, apparently, is as lost in wonder at her appearance as she is at his! She starts, perceptibly, and, only half-suppressing a faint exclamation of fear, shrinks backwards.

Duchess - Portia: or By Passions Rocked