"Perhaps Medland has noticed nothing, even if you're right about Alicia."
"He couldn't help noticing."
"What? Do you mean she makes it——?"
"I don't want to say anything unkind, but—well, yes, I'm afraid she does."
The Governor took a pace along the room.
"Upon my word," he exclaimed impatiently, "the way we get mixed up with these people is absurdly awkward. First there's Dick——"
"That's nothing to this. Dick was never really serious, and Alicia's always serious, if she thinks about a thing at all."
"Well, well, of course it must be stopped. What are you going to do?"
"She must be told," said Lady Eynesford.
"I won't tell her."