From her not speaking to me--" "I think she ought to have told you." "No, Mr Dale.

Had she accepted him, of course she would have told me.
Had she thought of doing so she might probably have consulted me.

But if she made up her mind that she must reject him--" "She oughtn't to have made up her mind." "But if she did, it seems natural to me that she should speak of it to no one.

She might probably think that Bernard would be as well pleased that it should not be known." "Psha,--known!--of course it will be known.

As you want time to consider of it, I will say nothing more now.