He was pale, but very calm.
"She is well ?" he asked eagerly.
"Yes, sir, she is as well as one could look for her to be, poor dear, after what she has gone through.

But she is much changed since last you saw her.

You must prepare yourself for that, sir.

And she is very anxious about her husband.

I don't know how she'll take it, when she hears that he has gone to America." "Yes, that is a bad business, Mrs.Whitelaw," Gilbert answered gravely.
"He was not in a fit state to travel, unfortunately.