"I understand she called twice. From her point of view it seemed right enough. He had broken his leg in rescuing her, and with her American notions of freedom and independence, she saw no harm in calling to see him when he was getting better."
"But you say she went twice?"
"She went a second time to take him some books she had promised to lend him."
"Are you sure she went only twice?"
"I think I may say yes to that question. Madeline is very truthful and very frank, and when I pointed out that it was scarcely in harmony with our English notions of propriety she fell in with the suggestion at once."
"And she made no attempt to see him after?"
"Not the smallest. She had expressed her gratitude and the episode had closed."
Gervase looked thoughtful, and not quite satisfied.
"Madeline can be as close as an oyster when she likes," he said, after a pause; "how do you know she has not been thinking about the fellow ever since?"
"Why should she?"