A widow, no children.

Who knows ?" he added, raising his, eyebrows and looking straight at Iris.

"She might interest herself in--in my view of things." "She might," replied the listener, as if overcoming a slight reluctance.

"Of course it all depends on her own views." "To be sure, I know very little about her.

It's the vaguest suggestion.
But, you see, I'm at the moment, when any suggestion, however vague, has a possible value.