A sort of instinct seemed to warn him of her entrance, even when he did not see it; and when he was looking quite away from the door, if she appeared at it, his cheek would glow, and his marble-seeming features, though they refused to relax, changed indescribably, and in their very quiescence became expressive of a repressed fervour, stronger than working muscle or darting glance could indicate.
Dijérase que un instinto secreto anunciase a Rivers la llegada de la muchacha, porque, aunque fingía no verla, antes de que cruzase el umbral, la sangre se agolpaba en sus mejillas, sus marmóreas facciones se transformaban y su serenidad aparente demostraba una impresión mayor que cuanto hubieran exteriorizado los más vivos ademanes o miradas.