Nor must it be supposed that she told the major in plain words that her husband had convinced himself of the man's guilt.

In plain words no question was asked between them, and in plain words no opinion was expressed.

But there was the look of sorrow in the woman's eye, there was the absence of reference to her husband's assurance that the man was innocent, there was the air of settled grief which told of her own conviction; and the major left her, convinced that Mrs.Walker believed Mr.Crawley to be guilty.
Then he went to Barchester; not open-mouthed with inquiry, but rather with open ears, and it seemed to him that all men in Barchester were of one mind.

There was a county-club in Barchester, and at this county-club nine men out of every ten were talking about Mr.Crawley.
It was by no means necessary that a man should ask questions on the subject.

Opinion was expressed so freely that no such asking was required; and opinion in Barchester,--at any rate in the county-club,--seemed now to be all of one mind.