For a time they drove on in silence, and when the housekeeper spoke again it was in a less positive tone. "It wouldn't surprise me if she was sorry now that she ever left David."
Caroline started. "Do you mean she would want to come back?"
"It wouldn't surprise me," Mrs. Timberlake repeated firmly.
"Then she didn't get the divorce?"
"No, she didn't get it, and there wouldn't be any use in her beginning all over again, now that Alan is dead. If she is really as ill as they say, I reckon she'd be more comfortable at Briarlay—even if that doctor out yonder is crazy about her."
"Well, she could find one here who would be just as crazy." There was an accent of bitterness in Caroline's voice.
"Oh, yes, she wouldn't have to worry about that. The only thing that would seem to stand in her way is David, and I don't know that she has ever paid much attention to him."
"Not even as an obstacle. But how can she come back if he doesn't want her?" It really appeared a problem to Caroline.
"Oh, she'll make him want her—or try to——"
"Do you think she can?"