All 6 Uses of

indifferent

in

A Death in the Family

Rufus had never seen him so indifferent; and the instant he saw him, he knew that he would never see him otherwise.†
Chpt 18 *

But most of all, there was indifference; and through this indifference which held him in every particle of his being — an indifference which would have rejected them; have sent them away, except that it was too indifferent even to care whether they went or stayed — in this self-completedness which nothing could touch, there was something else, some other feeling which he gave, which there was no identifying even by feeling, for Rufus had never experienced this feeling before; there was…†
Chpt 18

But most of all, there was indifference; and through this indifference which held him in every particle of his being — an indifference which would have rejected them; have sent them away, except that it was too indifferent even to care whether they went or stayed — in this self-completedness which nothing could touch, there was something else, some other feeling which he gave, which there was no identifying even by feeling, for Rufus had never experienced this feeling before; there was…†
Chpt 18

But most of all, there was indifference; and through this indifference which held him in every particle of his being — an indifference which would have rejected them; have sent them away, except that it was too indifferent even to care whether they went or stayed — in this self-completedness which nothing could touch, there was something else, some other feeling which he gave, which there was no identifying even by feeling, for Rufus had never experienced this feeling before; there was…†
Chpt 18

But most of all, there was indifference; and through this indifference which held him in every particle of his being — an indifference which would have rejected them; have sent them away, except that it was too indifferent even to care whether they went or stayed — in this self-completedness which nothing could touch, there was something else, some other feeling which he gave, which there was no identifying even by feeling, for Rufus had never experienced this feeling before; there was…†
Chpt 18

Yet the mouth carried no suggestion either of smiling or of gravity; only strength, silence, manhood, and indifferent contentment.†
Chpt 18

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