She looked at me keenly.
“It does, indeed! It is most inexplicable!”
“I don’t know whether Fred has told you that since my daughter was taken ill on Sunday she cannot bear to have Mr. Norman out of her sight. He has been here all day, and now she insists on his leaving the Cowpers and staying with us altogether. Her behaviour is incomprehensible.”
This was pleasant news for me!
“Surely this desire for his society can mean but one thing?”
“Of course, you think that she must care for him, but I am quite sure that she does not.”
“Really?” I could hardly keep the note of pleasure out of my voice.
“If she were in love with him I should consider her conduct quite normal. But it is the fact of her indifference that makes it so very curious.”
“You are sure this indifference is real and not assumed?”