I thought it likely you might know--' Probably it was the effect of his weariness; he could not speak in his usual straightforward way; hesitancy, to his own annoyance, made gaps and pauses in his sentences.
'We heard this morning,' Beatrice said, looking past his face to the window, 'that she is better.

The danger seems to be over.' 'There has been danger ?' 'The day before yesterday she was given up.' 'So ill as that.' Wilfrid spoke half to himself, and indeed it cost him an effort to make his voice louder.

He began, 'Can you tell me--' and again paused.
'Have you heard nothing from any other quarter ?' Beatrice asked, after a silence of almost a minute.
He looked at her, wondering what she knew of his relations to Emily.

It was clear that his interest occasioned her no surprise.
'I came away immediately on hearing what your letter contained.

There is no one else with whom I could communicate.