he was inclined to think that there was no reverence in the man, no sentiment in the great creature. But
he was not relieved by that; for, let him think what he would, the Chief Butler had him in his supercilious
eye, even when that eye was on the plate and other table-garniture; and he never let him out of it. To
hint to him that this confinement in his eye was disagreeable, or to ask him what he meant, was an act
too daring to venture upon; his severity with his employers and their visitors being terrific, and he never
permitting himself to be approached with the slightest liberty.