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appearing deep in thought — typically looking sad or serious
- As the tears subside a little, and with her head leaning backward at the angle that will not injure her bonnet, she endures that terrible moment when grief, which has made all things else a weariness, has itself become weary; she looks down pensively at her bracelets, and adjusts their clasps with that pretty studied fortuity which would be gratifying to her mind if it were once more in a calm and healthy state.1.7 -- Book 1 Chapter 7 -- Enter the Aunts and Uncles (18% in)
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