"It never struck me until now," observed the baronet.
"But it has struck me—frequently," added Chichester.
"And when I think of it," continued Sir Rupert Harborough, "he has often been here for an hour or two together; for I have gone out and left him with Lady Cecilia in the drawing-room; and when I have come back, he has been there still."
"Greenwood is not the man to waste his time at a lady's apron-strings for nothing."
"Chichester—you do not mean—"
"Oh! no—I mean nothing more than you choose to surmise."
"And what would you have me surmise?"
"I do not suppose," said Chichester, "that you care very much for Lady Cecilia."
"You are well aware of my feelings with regard to her."
"And out of all the money she has had lately—an affluence that you yourself have noticed more than once—she has never assisted you."