"She has been too busy."
"Too busy gadding about Silverwood with you!"
"She hasn't been here since you saw her."
"What!"
"It's quite true. An important collection is to be sold under the hammer on the premises; she had the contract to engineer that matter before she undertook to catalogue my stuff."
"Oh! Haven't you seen her since?"
"Yes."
"Not at Silverwood?"
"No, only at her office."