He is doing so many little things that look as if he knew he were not going to live.

I heard Mr.Carstairs ask him to go to Norway with him next spring, and Edward laughed, and said he never looked more than a few months ahead." "I am afraid he may have said that intending you to hear it." "But he did not intend me to hear it.

I overheard it." Rachel's face fell.
"You did promise after you told me about the letter that you would never do that kind of thing again." "Well, Rachel, I have not.

I have not even looked at his letters since.
I could not help it that once, because I thought he might have told his brother in India.

But don't you think his saying that to Mr.Carstairs looks--" Rachel shook her head.
"He is beyond me," she said.