However, when Lucina appeared, he did not get the kindly glance for which he had hoped.

She was talking so busily with Mrs.Doctor Prescott that she did not seem to see him, but the color on her cheeks was deeper.

Jerome joined his sister hastily and went home quite contented, thinking Lucina was very well.
However, in a few weeks' time he began to hear whispers to the contrary.

Sometimes Lucina did not go to meeting; still, she was seen out frequently riding and walking.

When Jerome caught a glimpse of her he strove to shut away the knowledge that she did not look well from his own consciousness.