I think your certainty about Mrs.Brook," he added, "shows you do know her.

She's incapable of anything deliberately nasty." "Oh of anything nasty in any way," Vanderbank said musingly and kindly.
"Yes; one knows on the whole what she WON'T do." After which, for a period, Mitchy roamed and reflected.

"But in spite of the assurance given you by Mr.Longdon--or perhaps indeed just because of your having taken it--I think I ought to mention to you my belief that Nanda does know of his offer to you.

I mean by having guessed it." "Oh!" said Vanderbank.
"There's in fact more still," his companion pursued--"that I feel I should like to mention to you." "Oh!" Vanderbank at first only repeated.

But after a moment he said: "My dear fellow, I'm much obliged." "The thing I speak of is something I should at any rate have said, and I should have looked out for some chance if we had not had this one." Mitchy spoke as if his friend's last words were not of consequence, and he continued as Vanderbank got up and, moving rather aimlessly, came and stood with his back to the chimney.