Sometimes all, as with one consent, suspended their by-play to observe and listen to the principal actors: for, after all, Mr. Rochester and--because closely connected with him--Miss Ingram were the life and soul of the party.
De vez en vez, todos suspendían unánimemente su charla para escuchar y observar a los principales actores: Rochester y Blanche Ingram, que eran, en efecto, el cuerpo y alma de la reunión.