At the same time, he waited to hear what the circumstances might be.
But Mrs.Galilee had her reasons for keeping silence.

It was impossible to mention Benjulia's reception of her without inflicting a wound on her self-esteem.

To begin with, he had kept the door of the room open, and had remained standing.

"Have you got Ovid's letters?
Leave them here; I'm not fit to look at them now." Those were his first words.

There was nothing in the letters which a friend might not read: she accordingly consented to leave them.