‘Good grief,’ groaned Mr Henderson, catching my eye???
‘Wowzers.’ Finty slammed down her glass on the dayroom table. She swiped her mouth with the back of her hand. ‘I haven’t had a drink like that since the day I got arrested.’
Mr Henderson choked into his straw.
‘Arrested for what?’ That was one of the volunteers.
‘Let’s just say it involved a man from Gloucester and a fire extinguisher.’
‘Good grief,’ groaned Mr Henderson, catching my eye.
‘I don’t understand,’ said Sister Lucy, looking both delighted and baffled. ‘Are you saying that the nutritional drinks are nice today?’

For "‘Good grief,’ groaned Mr Henderson, catching my eye", i would like to know it means "Henderson groaned upon he saw my eye" or "Henderson's groan caught my attention" Thanks.

Question

‘Good grief,’ groaned Mr Henderson, catching my eye???
‘Wowzers.’ Finty slammed down her glass on the dayroom table. She swiped her mouth with the back of her hand. ‘I haven’t had a drink like that since the day I got arrested.’
Mr Henderson choked into his straw.
‘Arrested for what?’ That was one of the volunteers.
‘Let’s just say it involved a man from Gloucester and a fire extinguisher.’
‘Good grief,’ groaned Mr Henderson, catching my eye.
‘I don’t understand,’ said Sister Lucy, looking both delighted and baffled. ‘Are you saying that the nutritional drinks are nice today?’

For "‘Good grief,’ groaned Mr Henderson, catching my eye", i would like to know it means "Henderson groaned upon he saw my eye" or "Henderson's groan caught my attention" Thanks.

Answer

To catch someone's eye means you make eye contact. Henderson groaned and looked at the narrator to see if he/she (ie. the narrator) has been paying attention. In this context, it's a shared moment of understanding between Henderson and the narrator.

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I think it's actually the first-- the eye-catching takes place during Mr. Henderson's exclamation.

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More like the second: "Henderson's groan caught my attention". If I catch someone's eye, it means I've drawn attention to me somehow.

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