No answer to that but tears.
Sir Charles looked at her very long, attentively, and seriously, and said not another syllable.
But his dropping so suddenly a subject of this importance was rather suspicious, and Lady Bassett was too shrewd not to see that.
They watched each other.
But with this difference: Sir Charles could not conceal his anxiety, whereas the lady appeared quite tranquil.
One day Sir Charles said, cheerfully, “Who do you think dines here to-morrow, and stays all night? Dr. Suaby.”
“By invitation, dear?” asked Lady Bassett, quietly.
Sir Charles colored a little, and said, quietly, “Yes.”
Lady Bassett made no remark, and it was impossible to tell by her face whether the visit was agreeable or not.
Some time afterward, however, she said, “Whom shall I ask to meet Dr. Suaby?”