“He left this morning.”
“You must miss him very much.”
“We do.”
Miss Evans saw, with a woman's intuition, that something was weighing on the mind of her visitor, and kindly sought to divert her thoughts. The conversation brightened a little, yet it was apparent that Miss Vernon's interest flagged, and that her mind grew abstracted.
“I shall not relieve her, unless I probe the wound,” said Miss Evans to herself, and she boldly ventured on grounds which her subtle penetration discovered to be the cause of her gloom.
“You find my friend, Mr. Wyman, an agreeable companion, I hope, Miss Vernon?”
“He has ever been so, and very kind and thoughtful.”
“He is a true gentleman, and a man of honor, as well of refinement and noble character.”
Miss Vernon breathed freer.
“You have made him very happy,” resumed Miss Evans, “by consenting to remain with him and his daughter. They are both much attached to you.”