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The great rooms caused so much poetry and history to press upon him that he needed some straying apart to feel in a proper relation with them, though this impulse was not, as happened, like the gloating of some of his companions, to be compared to the movements of a dog sniffing a cupboard. THE GREAT ROOMS CAUSED SO MUCH POETRY AND HISTORY TO PRESS UPON HIM THAT HE NEEDED SOME STRAYING APART TO FEEL IN A PROPER RELATION WITH THEM THOUGH THIS IMPULSE WAS NOT AS HAPPENED LIKE THE GLOATING OF SOME OF HIS COMPANIONS TO BE COMPARED TO THE MOVEMENTS OF A DOG SNIFFING A CUPBOARD
ooms were so numerous that guests could wander at their will, hang back from the principal group and in cases where they took such matters with the last seriousness give themselves up to mysterious appreciations and measurements. There were persons to be observed, singly or in couples, bending toward objects in out-of-the-way corners with their hands on their knees and their heads nodding quite as with the emphasis of an excited sense of smell. When they were two they either mingled their sounds of ecstasy or melted into silences of even deeper import, so that there were aspects of the occasion that gave it for Marcher much the air of the "look round," previous to a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be, the dream of acquisition. The dream of acquisition at Weatherend would have had to be wild indeed, and John Marcher found himself, among such suggestions, disconcerted almost equally by the presence of those who knew too much and by that of those who knew nothing.  AND THE GREAT ROOMS WERE SO NUMEROUS THAT GUESTS COULD WANDER AT THEIR WILL HANG BACK FROM THE PRINCIPAL GROUP AND IN CASES WHERE THEY TOOK SUCH MATTERS WITH THE LAST SERIOUSNESS GIVE THEMSELVES UP TO MYSTERIOUS APPRECIATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS THERE WERE PERSONS TO BE OBSERVED SINGLY OR IN COUPLES BENDING TOWARD OBJECTS IN OUT OF THE WAY CORNERS WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR KNEES AND THEIR HEADS NODDING QUITE AS WITH THE EMPHASIS OF AN EXCITED SENSE OF SMELL WHEN THEY WERE TWO THEY EITHER MINGLED THEIR SOUNDS OF ECSTASY OR MELTED INTO SILENCES OF EVEN DEEPER IMPORT SO THAT THERE WERE ASPECTS OF THE OCCASION THAT GAVE IT FOR MARCHER MUCH THE AIR OF THE LOOK ROUND PREVIOUS TO A SALE HIGHLY ADVERTISED THAT EXCITES OR QUENCHES AS MAY BE THE DREAM OF ACQUISITION THE DREAM OF ACQUISITION AT WEATHER END WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE WILD INDEED AND JOHN MARCHER FOUND HIMSELF AMONG SUCH SUGGESTIONS DISCONCERTED ALMOST EQUALLY BY THE PRESENCE OF THOSE WHO KNEW TOO MUCH AND BY THAT OF THOSE WHO KNEW NOTHING
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