But Julian, whom a peaceful hour had made full of kindness, went on in the same gentle way.
"You don't know how happy it makes me to see you and Ida such good friends.

I was sure it would be so.

Don't you feel there is something soothing in her society?
She speaks so gently, and always brings a sort of sunshine with her." Harriet's lips curled, very slightly, but she said nothing.
"When are you going to see her again?
It's hardly fair to let the visiting be always on her side, is it ?" "I shall go when I feel able.

Perhaps to-morrow." Julian presently went back to his book again.

If he could have seen the look Harriet turned upon him when his face was averted, he would not have read so calmly.
That same evening Harriet herself was the subject of a short conversation between Ida and Waymark, as they sat together in the usual way.
"I fear there will never be anything like confidence between us," Ida was saying.