I had hoped, by concealing it from you, to spare you some of the painful suspense and anxiety which I am myself experiencing." Lady Mary laughed.
"How like a man to suppose a woman is spared anything by being kept in the dark! I knew something was wrong.

Dr.Blundell and Canon Birch are in your confidence, I presume?
They kept exchanging glances like two mysterious owls.

Your sisters are not, or they would be sighing and shaking their heads.

And John--John Crewys?
Oh, he is a lawyer.

When does a visitor ever come here except on business?
He has something to do with it.