'If he knew that you had suffered because he did not come, he would be with you in a few hours.'
Thyrza gazed thoughtfully.
'And he would ask me to marry him?'
'Doubtless he would.'
'So when you persuaded him not to see me, he was glad to know that he need not come?'
It was a former question repeated in another way. Mrs. Ormonde kept silence. It was several minutes before Thyrza spoke again.
'I don't know whether you will tell me, but did he think of any one else as well as of me when he came back to England?'
'I am not sure, Thyrza.'
'Will you tell me what friends he has gone to see?'
'Their name is Newthorpe.'