'She never says anything,' said Nell.
'Does she talk much to him?'
'No; very little.'
'That is a good sign,' said Mrs. Meredith.
'I don't know,' said Nell.
'Have you noticed anything else?'
'Nothing except—well, Mary is longer in dressing now than I am, and she used not to be.'
'I wonder,' Mrs. Meredith remarked, 'if Mary saw him at Silchester after that time at the castle?'
'She never told me she did,' Nell answered, 'but sometimes I think—however, there is no good in thinking.'
'It isn't a thing you often do, Nell. By the way, he saw the first Sir Clement at Dome Castle, did he not?'