He said solemnly, "No, I have not.

Have you no inkling of the terrible truth?
Do not fiddle with that glass: drink it, or leave it alone; for, indeed, I need all your attention." He took the glass out of her patient hand, and with a furtive look at the bedroom-door, drew her away to the other end of the room; "and," said he, "I could not tell your mother, for she knows nothing of the girl's folly; still less Rose, for I see she loves him still, or why is she so pale?
Advise me, now, whilst we are alone.

Colonel Dujardin was COMPARATIVELY indifferent to YOU.

Will you undertake the task?
A rough soldier like me is not the person to break the terrible tidings to that poor girl." "What tidings?
You confuse, you perplex me.

Oh! what does this horrible preparation mean ?" "It means he will never marry your sister; he will never see her more." Then Raynal walked the room in great agitation, which at once communicated itself to his hearer.