Her pulse was all right, and I told her at once I did not think there was much the matter with her; but I recommended her to keep out of the sun for two days.

Then she begun a chat about the station.

She knows that, somehow or other, I generally hear all that is going on.

I wondered what was coming, till she said casually, 'Do you know what arrangement Major Hannay has made as to his niece for the races ?' I said, of course, that the Hunters were coming over to stay.
I could see at once that her spirit was instantly relieved of a heavy burden, but she only said, 'Of course, then, that settles the question.
I had intended to send across to her this morning, to ask if she would like a seat in my carriage; having no lady with her, she could not very well have gone to the races alone.

Naturally, I should have been very pleased to have had her with us.