"I imagine," said Brodrick, "that she never did get on with him."
"I meant—without him."
"Oh." He caused the conversation to flourish round another subject.
In the drawing-room, where Gertrude did not follow them all at once, Jane turned to him.
"Hugh," she said, "was I unkind to her?"
"Unkind?"
"Well, was I kind enough?"
"You are always kind," he said.
"Do you think so? Do you really think so?"
"Don't talk about her, Jinny, I've got other things to attend to."