Sentence:  The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;.... Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to <WSD>behold</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To see or look at, esp. appreciatively; to descry, look upon.