He was undemonstrative and self-reliant by nature, and, as he said himself afterwards, "There are some things that a man ought to keep to himself." But neither Amias nor Verity expected any such confidence.
If Amias seemed puzzled by the change in Malcolm, Verity needed no explanation.

She had seen how things were from the first.

She had once caught sight of Malcolm's face when Elizabeth Templeton had passed him so closely that her dress brushed against him.

She had seen that look in Amias's eyes in the dear auld lang syne.
Verity was a loyal little soul, and she never even hinted her suspicions to her husband.

Neither did she attempt to find out what was amiss.