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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. 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
er luncheon much dispersal, all in the interest of the original motive, a view of Weatherend itself and the fine things, intrinsic features, pictures, heirlooms, treasures of all the arts, that made the place almost famous; 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.  THERE HAD BEEN AFTER LUNCHEON MUCH DISPERSAL ALL IN THE INTEREST OF THE ORIGINAL MOTIVE A VIEW OF WEATHER END ITSELF AND THE FINE THINGS INTRINSIC FEATURES PICTURES HEIR LOOMS TREASURES OF ALL THE ARTS THAT MADE THE PLACE ALMOST FAMOUS 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
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