we have been so well treated , since our arrival-and he was quite in raptures regarding your- '' i should have liked to hear what had enraptured fentiman-our relations were still marked by a certain wariness , though we had reached a rapprochement-but at this point , her husband spoke in her ear , desiring her to come and meet farquard campbell and some other prominent gentlemen , and with a regretful grimace , she squeezed my hands and departed , the brilliant public smile back in place .