She only once alluded to the matter of the Moonstone, and that was in the way of forbidding any present mention of it between us.

"Wait till that man comes back," she said, meaning the Sergeant.

"We MUST speak of it then: we are not obliged to speak of it now." After leaving my mistress, I found Penelope waiting for me in my room.
"I wish, father, you would come and speak to Rosanna," she said.

"I am very uneasy about her." I suspected what was the matter readily enough.

But it is a maxim of mine that men (being superior creatures) are bound to improve women--if they can.