Rose has been speaking of Evan.

It would have looked better had she been quiet--but then she is so English!' Here the Countess breaks off to say, that from where she is writing, she can see Rose and Evan walking out to the cypress avenue, and that no eyes are on them; great praise being given to the absence of suspicion in the Jocelyn nature.
The communication is resumed the night of the same day.
'Two days at Beckley Court are over, and that strange sensation I had of being an intruder escaped from Dubbins's, and expecting every instant the old schoolmistress to call for me, and expose me, and take me to the dark room, is quite vanished, and I feel quite at home, quite happy.
Evan is behaving well.

Quite the young nobleman.

With the women I had no fear of him; he is really admirable with the men--easy, and talks of sport and politics, and makes the proper use of Portugal.

He has quite won the heart of his sister.