I had never noticed before how dark they were.
I saw then that she knew, and that she suspected Charles, just as Sir George had done.
I nodded.
"Nothing is proved," I said.
"I dared not say even as much as this before," she continued, hurriedly.
"It is only the wildest, vaguest suspicion.

I have nothing to take hold of.

It is so horrible to suspect any one; but--" She stopped suddenly.

Her quick ear had caught the sound of a distant step coming across the hall.

In another moment Aurelia came in.
"Are you there, Evelyn ?" she said.