I would give anything to know the truth of it.

Perhaps it is about Miss Williams and, by the bye, I dare say it is, because he looked so conscious when I mentioned her.

May be she is ill in town; nothing in the world more likely, for I have a notion she is always rather sickly.

I would lay any wager it is about Miss Williams.

It is not so very likely he should be distressed in his circumstances NOW, for he is a very prudent man, and to be sure must have cleared the estate by this time.