Quiet and repose--quiet and repose.
That afternoon Lady Ogram was obliged to lie down, a necessity she always disliked in the daytime, and for two or three days she kept her room.

Constance now and then read to her, but persuaded her to speak as little as possible of exciting subjects.

She saw no one but this companion.

Of late she had been in the habit of fixing her look upon Constance, as though much occupied with thoughts concerning her.

When she felt able to move about again, they sat together one morning on the terrace before the house, and Lady Ogram, after a long inspection of her companion's countenance, asked suddenly: "Do you often hear from your father ?" "Not often.