“That is, I’m sure. She has suffered very badly from bleeding at the nose her whole life long; some people do—as you are perhaps aware.”
“How long is it since she was your visitor?”
“Oh, some days. Quite a week—if not more.”
“Is that so? It’s odd that the blood should have continued in a liquid state so long. Some of it is not dry yet.”
“Well, perhaps it wasn’t so long as that.”
“So I should imagine.”
“If you’ll give it to me I’ll pack it up and send it to her at once. I meant to have done so before.”
“Let me have her address, and I will send it to her. Or, rather, I will take it to her at once. That will save both time and trouble.”
“You are very good, Symonds, but I won’t put you to so much inconvenience. I prefer to take it to her myself.”
“You are sure that your cousin’s name isn’t Moore—Miss Bessie Moore?”