It was undoubtedly some hidden suffering of mind which lent that sadness to her voice and features, and which so deeply roused the sympathies of the squire.

At the end of six months Mr.Juxon was very much interested in Mrs.Goddard, but despite all his efforts to be agreeable he seemed to have made no progress whatever in the direction of banishing her cares.

To tell the truth, it did not enter his mind that he was in love with her.

She was his tenant; she was evidently very unhappy about something; it was therefore undeniably his duty as a landlord and as a gentleman to make life easy for her.
He wondered what the matter could be.

At first he had been inclined to think that she was poor and was depressed by poverty.