But how does that concern the case of Kenneth ?" "It does not.

I was but curious.

I was not thinking of Kenneth." He stared at her, dumfounded.

Had he been talking of Kenneth to her with such eloquence and such fervour, that she should calmly tell him as he paused that it was not of Kenneth she had been thinking?
"You will think of him, Cynthia ?" he begged.

"You will bethink you too of what I have said, and by being kinder and more indulgent with this youth you shall make him grow into a man you may take pride in.