His son's voice and his son's eyes seemed to tell him two things.

They seemed to tell him, firstly, that the rumour about Grace Crawley was true; and, secondly, that the major was resolved not to be talked out of his folly.

"But you are not engaged to any one, are you ?" said the archdeacon.

The son did not at first make any answer, and then the father repeated the question.

"Considering our mutual positions, Henry, I think you ought to tell me if you are engaged." "I am not engaged.