Somehow she interests me, and she puzzles me too.

She is so beautiful--why is she still Miss Jacobi ?" He stood still for a minute to ponder over this mystery; then he walked on very thoughtfully.

"I am a bit bothered about it all--I wish Cedric had never made their acquaintance;" and Malcolm looked so grave when he rejoined his friends that Mrs.Godfrey thought he was bored and hastened her adieux.
Malcolm did not undeceive her, neither did he speak of the Jacobis again to her; but he made himself very pleasant all that evening, and the next day he left the Manor House..