"She was taken unawares."
"Just as the King and Queen were. You remember how Hamlet watched them all the time? What's happened to-night only confirms our suspicions."
"It does indeed!"
"Perhaps some of her German friends were among the prisoners and she recognized them."
"It's possible."
"Well, it evidently gave her a great shock, and that would account for it."
"The plot thickens!"
"It thickens very much indeed. I'm not sure if we oughtn't to tell somebody."
"No, no! Not on any account!"
"You think so?"