When he had left the room Miss Garland drew near to Rowland.
"I wish to ask you a question," she said.

"What happened to Roderick yesterday at Engelberg ?" "You have discovered that something happened ?" Rowland answered.
"I am sure of it.

Was it something painful ?" "I don't know how, at the present moment, he judges it.

He met the Princess Casamassima." "Thank you!" said Miss Garland, simply, and turned away.
The conversation had been brief, but, like many small things, it furnished Rowland with food for reflection.

When one is looking for symptoms one easily finds them.