He, too, had need to think, and he had come out into the peace of the night to indulge his need.

Seeing her, he made as if to withdraw again; but she perceived him, and called him to her side.

He went most readily.

Yet when he stood before her in an attitude of courteous deference, she was at a loss what she should say to him, or, rather, what words she should employ.

At last, with a half-laugh of nervousness, "I am by nature very inquisitive, sir," she prefaced.
"I had already judged you to be an exceptional woman," Mr.Caryll commented softly.
She mused an instant.