"But I was frightened at first." "Do you think it is only a passing affair?
Are you afraid to be alone to-night ?" "Not at all.

Oh! Maurice, why do you ask such a question?
She was quite well this morning." "She has not looked well for some time.

But I did not mean to alarm you, only to remind you that if you should want anything, I am always close at hand." He had alarmed her a little for the moment.

She thought, "I have been occupied with myself, and she has been ill perhaps for days past." Maurice felt her tremble, and blamed himself for speaking.

At that instant they seemed to have returned to their old life.