Both had dropped the rather elaborate politeness of the dining-room, and in their faces an impartial observer would have discovered little lines of obstinate wilfulness in common; a certain hardness—sharp, indeed, in the father and softly rounded in the daughter—but hardness nevertheless, that made every compromise a bargain and every charity a discount. There is something that inspires a feeling of inexpressible melancholy in sailing on a dark night upon the Thames. The business of serving gave Gerald a few moment’s grace, for he was dubious about the effect on an elderly female, not in the best of health, of raking up old memories. And so gentle as the poor creature is, when she's not in her wild fits—it would melt a heart of stone to see her. The house was full of aunts, uncles, and cousins meandering about, stuffed until their seams and zippers were bursting.
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