Now please sit down again, and let me wait upon you for a change.

Have you had anything to eat or drink ?" He sat down again, looking quizzical.

"I have been waiting for my hostess to join me," he said.
"Do you ever think of yourself at all ?" she asked, turning aside to the tray that Dimsdale's consideration had provided.
"A great deal more often than you imagine," smiled Lucas.

"Must you really do the waiting?
It's very bad for me, you know." He joked with her gently through the light repast that followed.

And though she scarcely responded, she let him see her gratitude.
Finally, he laid aside all pretence of humour and spoke to her very quietly and gravely of her husband.