midday
And she is . One remembers traits . ' Victor sketched one or two of the traits allusively to the hearer acquainted with them . They received strong colouring from midday 's Old Veuve in his blood . His voice and words had a swing of conviction : they imparted vinousness to a heart athirst . The histrionic self-deceiver may be a persuasive deceiver of another , who is again , though not ignorant of his character , tempted to swallow the nostrums which have made so gallant a man of him : his imperceptible sensible playing of the part , on a substratum of sincereness , induces fascinatingly to the like performance on our side , that we may be armed as he is for enjoying the coveted reality through the partial simulation of possessing it . And this is not a task to us when we have looked our actor in the face , and seen him bear the look , knowing that he is not intentionally untruthful ; and when we incline to be captivated by his rare theatrical air of confidence ; when it seems as an outside thought striking us , that he may not be altogether deceived in the present instance ; when suddenly an expectation of the thing desired is born and swims in a credible featureless vagueness on a misty scene : and when we are being kissed and the blood is warmed .