'It is natural that he should be.

He has seen more of the world.' That silenced me for a moment, but she did not seem to notice it.
'I was looking for him a little while ago, and I could not find him,' I said, after a pause.
'He has been into the village,' she answered.
I longed to pursue the matter further; but though she seemed to entertain no suspicion of me, I dared not run the risk.

I tried her, instead, on another tack.
'Mademoiselle de Cocheforet does not seem very well to-day ?' I said.
'No ?' she answered carelessly.

'Well, now you speak of it, I do not think that she is.

She is often anxious about--one we love.' She uttered the last words with a little hesitation, and looked at me quickly when she had spoken them.