Missus Van Der Luyden's Affability at the Tribal Rally Around the Countess Olenska

Madame olenska's foreignness could hardly have been more adroitly emphasized than by this farewell tribute. Missus van der luyden accepted her displacement with an affability which left no doubt as to her approval. There was nothing on earth that the wellans and mingotts would not have done to proclaim their unalterable affection for the countess olenska. And then it came over him in a vast flash, made up of many broken gleams, that to all of them, he and madam olenska were lovers,. He guessed himself to have been for months, the centre of countless silently observing eyes and patiently listening ears. The whole tribe had rallied