Boldwood's had begun to be a troublesome image—a species of Daniel in her kingdom who persisted in kneeling eastward when reason and common sense said that he might just as well follow suit with the rest, and afford her the official glance of admiration which cost nothing at all.
Uh oh... Attracted to indifference, are we? Crazy how it's just the thing to make a confident, magnetic, &/or self-assured woman begin to doubt herself
