On the next occasion when he and Lucilla met--so far from being more familiar with her, he was more constrained than ever.

As it had begun between these two, so it seemed likely to continue to the end.

In my society, he was always at his ease.

In Lucilla's society, never! What was the obvious conclusion which a person with my experience ought to have drawn from all this?
I know well enough what it was, now.

On my oath as an honest woman, I failed to see it at the time.