one had spoken a word to him.  He had of course seen many whom he had known.  He had indeed known nearly all whom he had seen;—­but he had been aware, from the beginning of this enterprise of the day, that men would shun him, and that he must bear their cold looks and colder silence without seeming to notice them.  He had schooled himself to the task, and he was now performing it.  It was not only that he would have to move among men without being noticed, but that he must endure to pass the whole evening in the same plight.  But he was resolved, and he was now doing it.  He bowed to the Speaker with more than usual courtesy, raising his hat with more than usual care, and seated himself, as usual, on the third...