"About the Duke's mind being far away?"
"Far away from what he has been saying all this afternoon," replied the Marchesa, "but not far away."
"But that is not a theory. A theory would explain this phenomenon."
"I know. It is only an evidence upon which I base my theory."
"And what is the theory?"
"That the Duke of Dorset has found something."
"How interesting! What has he found?"
"A thing he has been looking for."
"Something he had lost?"
"No, nothing that he had lost."