anotherofthehundredparticularfriendsofhisson，exceedinglyunwelcome；anditneededallthefelicityofbeingagainathome，andalltheforbearanceitcouldsupply，tosaveSirThomasfromangeronfindinghimselfthusbewilderedinhisownhouse，makingpartofaridiculousexhibitioninthemidstoftheatricalnonsense，andforcedinsountowardamomenttoadmittheacquaintanceofayoungmanwhomhefeltsureofdisapproving，andwhoseeasyindifferenceandvolubilityinthecourseofthefirstfiveminutesseemedtomarkhimthemostathomeofthetwo。
Tomunderstoodhisfather’sthoughts，andheartilywishinghemightbealwaysaswelldisposedtogivethembutpartialexpression，begantosee，moreclearlythanhehadeverdonebefore，thattheremightbesomegroundofoffence，thattheremightbesomereasonfortheglancehisfathergavetowardstheceilingandstuccooftheroom；
andthatwhenheinquiredwithmildgravityafterthefateofthebilliard-table，hewasnotproceedingbeyondaveryallowablecuriosity。Afewminuteswereenoughforsuchunsatisfactorysensationsoneachside；andSirThomashavingexertedhimselfsofarastospeakafewwordsofcalmapprobationinreplytoaneagerappealofMr。Yates，astothehappinessofthearrangement，thethreegentlemenreturnedtothedrawing-roomtogether，SirThomaswithanincreaseofgravitywhichwasnotlostonall。
“Icomefromyourtheatre，“saidhecomposedly，ashesatdown；“Ifoundmyselfinitratherunexpectedly。
Itsvicinitytomyownroom——butineveryrespect，indeed，ittookmebysurprise，asIhadnotthesmallestsuspicionofyouractinghavingassumedsoseriousacharacter。