She did not even move her eyes; but she answered him freely, though her very lips seemed made of wood.
"They stayed here over a month.

They are gone now.

They played every evening." "Pretty good, were they ?" To this she said nothing; and as she kept on staring fixedly in front of her, her silence disconcerted Davidson.

It looked as if she had not heard him--which was impossible.

Perhaps she drew the line of speech at the expression of opinions.