"I think I know the name," said she.
"I fancy that I have seen it in this house," said Clara.
"You may more likely have heard it, my dear.

My memory is very poor, but if I remember rightly, Colonel Askerton did know a Captain Berdmore,--a long while ago, before he was married; and you may probably have heard him mention the name." This did not quite satisfy Clara, but she said nothing more about it then.

If there was a mystery which Mrs.Askerton did not wish to have explored, why should she explore it?
Soon after this Clara got up to go, and Mrs.Askerton, making another attempt to be cheerful, was almost successful.

"So you're going back into Norfolk on Saturday, Clara tells me.

You are making a very short visit now that you're come among us." "It is a long time for me to be away from home.