Perceiving in example sentence
It was not long, however, that passion maintained an ascendency ever the reason of this singular man; and perceiving that the night had already thrown an obscurity around objects without doors, he hastily threw his pack over his shoulders, and taking Katy kindly by the hand, in leavetaking,-"It is painful to part with even you, good woman," he said, "but the hour has come, and I must go.