.

Isn't it possible for you to marry anybody, Uncle Philip ?" "No, Drina." "Not even if Eileen would marry you ?" "No." "Why ?" "You could not understand, dear.

Even your mother cannot quite understand.

So we won't ever speak of it again, Drina." The child balanced a bonbon between thumb and forefinger, considering it very gravely.
"I know something that mother does not," she said.

And as he betrayed no curiosity: "Eileen _is_ in love.