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the idea of placing them in the hands of another in 

 token of submission. But what I wish to attract 

 attention to now is, that in humble attitudes 

 the direction of the eyes is in harmony with 

 the direction of the face ; if the face be turned 

 upwards the eyes look upwards ; if downwards, 

 the eyes look downwards ; and the expression 

 is very different both from the contemptuous 

 effect of an upward face and downward eyes, 

 and from the downward face and upward eyes with 

 their many variations, seeming, with one exception, 

 always to convey an expression into which a con- 

 cealed advance enters as a necessary element. The 

 culprit sheltering himself by a lie, who has not 

 mastered the base art of concealing the concealment 

 which he practises, hangs his head over his secret, 

 while he steals upward glances to see the effect 

 which he distrusts ; and if suspicion enters more 

 largely into his feeling, he does not face you, but 

 stands sideways, and, looking obliquely, betrays by 

 the want of harmony between eye and attitude the 

 duplicity which is within. On the other hand there 

 are expressions delightfully gay in which a slight 

 bend of the neck is combined with an upward 

 glance ; yet they have the element of slyness enter- 

 ing into their humour, or that equally innocent and 

 slight suggestion of a secret taking the form of a 



