Status Updates From A Shot in the Dark

Lucien was a young man who regarded himself with an undemonstrative esteem, which the undiscerning were apt to mistake for indiffence. Several women of his acquaintance were on the lookout for nice girls for him to marry, a vigil in which he took no share.
The atmosphere of the room was subtly tinged with an esence of tuberose, and more strongly impregnated the odour of wood-fire smoke. ... (p. 56)