Bending slightly forward, with an anxious expression, she said in confidential tones-- 'Can you help to put my mind at rest about Monica?
You saw her a week ago.

Did she say anything, or give any sign, that might make one really uneasy on her account ?' There was a struggle in Milly before she answered.

Rhoda added-- 'Perhaps you had rather not--' 'Yes, I had rather tell you.

She said a good many strange things, and I _have_ been uneasy about her.

I wished I could speak to some one--' 'How strange that I should feel urged to ask you about this,' said Rhoda, her eyes, peculiarly bright and keen, fixed on the girl's face.
'The poor thing is very miserable, I am sure.