"Baker has said nothing."
"That what he hints is true? Do you know Miss Arnott?"
"I don't; do you?"
"Of course, she's my neighbour."
"But you're some distance apart."
"Nothing as we count it in the country."
"Is she an old woman?"
"Old! She's a girl!"
"A girl? Oh! now I perceive that we are getting upon delicate ground."
"Gilbert, may I ask you to be extremely careful what you allow yourself to say."