"Her thoughts are full of other things just now; and people have such different ways of showing feeling: some by silence, some by words."

Behavior, Observation, Thought, Emotion, Expression

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"Her thoughts are full of other things just now; and people have such different ways of showing feeling: some by silence, some by words."

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