"I couldn't help starting when I heard what Silas had said; and I thought you noticed me." "I did notice you." "Did you wonder what it meant ?" "Yes." "I'll tell you.

It meant this: What Silas Meadowcroft said to his brother of John Jago was what I myself was thinking of John Jago at that very moment.

It startled me to find my own thought in a man's mind spoken for me by a man.

I am the person, sir, who has driven John Jago away from Morwick Farm; and I am the person who can and will bring him back again." There was something in her manner, more than in her words, which let the light in suddenly on my mind.
"You have told me the secret," I said.

"John Jago is in love with you." "Mad about me!" she rejoined, dropping her voice to a whisper.