text:  A sort of smile ran round the assemblage at seeing the sudden alteration produced on his countenance; and though he had determined not to give more than the original seven he was ashamed to be cowed by an unknown individual at once; and after a few minutes' pause and a glance of ineffable hatred at the little old man who had relapsed into his state of contented unconcern he looked at the auctioneer and said "Five hundred more!" Saying this he put his hands into his pockets and kept his eye fixed on his competitor