His body was found by Mr.Dagworthy.' 'Who is Mr.Dagworthy ?' 'I thought you probably knew,' returned Beatrice, glancing quickly at him.

'He was employed by Mr.Dagworthy as clerk in a manufactory.

He had just left for his summer holiday.' 'What evidence did his employer give ?' 'He only stated that Mr.Hood had been perfectly regular and satisfactory at his work.' 'Then in truth it is a mystery ?' 'Mr.Baxendale thinks that there had been a long struggle with poverty, quite enough to account for the end.' Wilfrid sat in gloomy silence.

He was picturing what Emily must have endured, and reproaching himself for not having claimed a right to her entire confidence, when it was in his power to make that hard path smooth, and to avert this fearful misery.

Looking up at length, he met the girl's eyes.
'I need not explain myself to you, Beatrice,' he said, finding at last a natural tone, and calling her by her Christian name because he had much need of friendly sympathy.