Had Miss Mumbray discovered something?
"Do let me know what it is," she replied, in a low voice.
"It--it is about Mr.Eustace Glazzard.

I think he is an intimate friend of Mr.Quarrier's ?" "Yes, he is." "You are surprised, of course.

I came to you because I feel so alone and so helpless.

You know that I am engaged to Mr.Glazzard ?" Her voice faltered.

Relieved from anxiety, Lilian looked and spoke in her kindest way.
"Do speak freely to me, Miss Mumbray.