"You're on friendly terms with your cousin, I suppose?"
"Certainly, if we meet. Of course I haven't seen her since I left Blent. She's there, you know."
"Have you written to her?"
"No. I think it's best not to ask her to think of me just now."
She looked at him a moment, seeming to consider.
"Perhaps," she said at last. "But don't over-do that. Don't be cruel."
"Cruel?" There was strong surprise in his voice and on his face.
"Yes, cruel. Have you ever troubled to think what she may be feeling?"
"I don't know that I ever have," Harry admitted slowly. "At first sight it looks as if I were the person who might be supposed to be feeling."
"At first sight, yes. Is that always to be enough for you, Mr Tristram? If so, I shan't regret so much that I haven't—lots of time."