As for Josephine, terrible as the conversation had become, she made no attempt to evade it: she remained perfectly passive.

It was the best way to learn how far Jacintha had penetrated her secret, if at all.
Jacintha looked fearfully round and whispered in Josephine's ear, "When the news of Colonel Raynal's death came, you wept, but the color came back to your cheek.

When the news of his life came, you turned to stone.
Ah! my poor young lady, there has been more between you and THAT MAN than should be.

Ever since one day you all went to Frejus together, you were a changed woman.

I have seen you look at him as--as a wife looks at her man.