CHAPTER XXXVIII.
She should never have looked at me if she meant I should not love her!
There are plenty ... men, you call such, I suppose ... she may discover
All her soul too, if she pleases, and yet leave much as she found them:
But I'm not so, and she knew it when she fixed me, glancing round them.
Cristina.
A variety of reasons kept the Allonbys very silent as they drove home that night.
When Mansfield Road was reached, they walked into the hall, still in the same silence. Osmond dismissed the cabman, followed them in, and made fast the bars and bolts for the night.
"Good-night, old man," said Jac, coming up for a kiss.
"Good-night, young woman," he replied, with the air of one who does not intend to be drawn into conversation.
"Girls," said Hilda, over the stairs. "Sal has put a fire in my bed-room. Come along."