Clara's confidence in me--in other matters unbounded--is, in this matter of her (supposed) anxieties, a confidence still withheld.

In all else we are like sisters.

I sometimes fear there may indeed be some trouble preying secretly on her mind.

I sometimes feel a little hurt at her incomprehensible silence." Captain Helding was ready with his own practical remedy for this difficulty.
"Encouragement is all she wants, ma'am.

Take my word for it, this matter rests entirely with you.