Her hands, too, were peculiar--long, flexible, white, with a strange movement as of waving gently to and fro.
She appeared quite at ease, and, after thanking Adam, said that if any of his uncle's party were going to Liverpool she would be most happy to join forces.
"Whilst you are staying here, Mr.Salton, you must look on the grounds of Diana's Grove as your own, so that you may come and go just as you do in Lesser Hill.

There are some fine views, and not a few natural curiosities which are sure to interest you, if you are a student of natural history--specially of an earlier kind, when the world was younger." The heartiness with which she spoke, and the warmth of her words--not of her manner, which was cold and distant--made him suspicious.

In the meantime both his uncle and Sir Nathaniel had thanked her for the invitation--of which, however, they said they were unable to avail themselves.

Adam had a suspicion that, though she answered regretfully, she was in reality relieved.

When he had got into the carriage with the two old men, and they had driven off, he was not surprised when Sir Nathaniel spoke.
"I could not but feel that she was glad to be rid of us.