expand, as
if to make
up to
their
guests,
already so
subtly
assured of
their
importance,
so
flattered
with
politeness,
for
anything
they might
still miss
from that
country
well left
behind.
Just for a
moment
they
seemed to
speak to
every one
at the
table,
singly and
together,
assuring
them of
their
friendliness,
their
affection.
And for a
moment the
faces
turned up
toward
them were
like the
faces of
poor
children
at a
Christmas
