"Owing, I dare say, to Mrs.Weatherley, you have certainly been put in a unique position here.

You see more of Mr.Weatherley now than any one of us.

For that reason I was anxious to make a confidant of you.

I tell you that I am worried about Mr.Weatherley.He is a rich man and a prosperous man.

There is no reason why he should sit in his office and gaze into the fire and look out of the window as though the place were full of shadows and he hated the sight of them.