Her face expressed embarrassment rather than surprise; after the first exchange of glances, she avoided his eager look.

Her hand had lain but coldly in his.

Wilfrid, face to face with her, found more difficulty in speaking than he had anticipated.
'I have come directly from Switzerland,' he began.

'You mentioned in a letter to my aunt that--' His hesitation of a moment was relieved by Beatrice.
'You mean Miss Hood's illness,' she said, looking down at her hands, which were lightly clasped on her lap.
'Yes.

I wish for news.