Then there was a pause for a moment, after which Lord Hampstead went on in an altered voice. "Has he said anything to you since he was at Hendon;—as to my family, I mean?"
"He has told me something."
"I was sure he had. I should not have asked unless I had been quite sure. I know that he would tell you anything of that kind. Well?"
"What am I to say, Lord Hampstead?"
"What has he told you, Mrs. Roden?"
"He has spoken to me of your sister."
"But what has he said?"
"That he loves her."
"And that she loves him?"
"That he hopes so."