Could you help me understand the following sentence:
There was not a line in her countenance, not a note in her soft and
sleepy voice, but spoke of an entire contentment with her life.
At first, I understood Every line in her face, every note in her soft and sleepy voice, said that she was entirely satisfy with her life
but my friend told me that it means
There was no line in her face, no note in her soft voice, that expressed that she was entirely satisfied with her life"
What is right and why?
Best Answer
Your interpretation is the correct one.
means that every line did speak of it. But in this context means the same as that did not.