Something is the matter, Maurice.

I can hear it in your voice." "Nothing is the matter, I assure you.

Something unexpected has happened, but only to my father and me, and I want to talk to you about it.

That is all." "Something unexpected?
What ?" "Come down to the river side; it is quiet there and cool." They went down together; it was growing very dark, and the turf on the bank was soft and uneven.

Lucia put her hand through Maurice's arm with her old childlike familiarity, and said, "Why do you excite my curiosity if you don't mean to satisfy it, you tiresome Maurice ?" "Are you in such a hurry to hear my news, then?
I feel in no such haste to tell it.