48850 He stopped suddenly and stared fixedly up over my head into the air.
48851 The lamp beat upon his face, and so intent was it and so still that it might have been that of a clear-cut classical statue, a personification of alertness and expectation.
48852 'What is it?' we both cried.
48853 I could see as he looked down that he was repressing some internal emotion.
48854 His features were still composed, but his eyes shone with amused exultation.
48855 'Excuse the admiration of a connoisseur,' said he, as he waved his hand towards the line of portraits which covered the opposite wall.
48856 'Watson won't allow that I know anything of art, but that is mere jealousy, because our views upon the subject differ.
48857 Now, these are a really very fine series of portraits.'
48858 'Well, I'm glad to hear you say so,' said Sir Henry, glancing with some surprise at my friend.
48859 'I don't pretend to know much about these things, and I'd be a better judge of a horse or a steer than of a picture.
48860 I didn't know that you found time for such things.'
48861 'I know what is good when I see it, and I see it now.
48862 That's a Kneller, I'll swear, that lady in the blue silk over yonder, and the stout gentleman with the wig ought to be a Reynolds.