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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 
