Still,
a keen observer would have found something sinister, in the upward
glancing of the eye, at intervals, from the half-closed lids; and,
at such moments, there was a curling contempt upon the lips, which
seemed to denote a cynical and sarcastic turn of mind. A restless
movement of the same features seemed equally significant of caprice
of character, and a flexibility of moral; while the chin narrowed
too suddenly and became too sharp at the extremity, to persuade a
thorough physiognomist, that the owner could be either very noble
in his aims, or very generous in his sentiments. But as these
outward tokens can not well be considered authority in the work
of judgment, let events, which speak for themselves, determine the
true character of our travellers.
They had reached the table land of the heights which looked down
upon Charlemont, at a moment when the beauty of the scene could
scarcely fail to impress itself upon the most indifferent observer.
The elder of the travellers, who happened to be in advance, was
immediately arrested by it; and, staying the progress of his horse,
with hand lifted above his eye, looked around him with a delight
which expressed itself in an abrupt ejaculation, and brought his
companion to his side.
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