Amy turned pale.

She had not dared to say to herself what another had now said to her.

But suddenly she started as if stung.

"If Aunt Martha has seen this so plainly, why may not Lawrence Newt have seen it ?" The apprehension frightened her.
A long silence followed the last words of Aunt Martha.

She did not look at Amy, for she had no external curiosity to satisfy, and she understood well enough what Amy was thinking.
They were still silent, when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in," said the clear, hard voice of Aunt Martha.
The door opened--the two women looked--and Lawrence Newt walked into the room.