Something happened there, something which resulted in the disappearance of your husband.

Beatrice came back alone and has not been near you since.

Soon afterwards, you, too, came back alone.

Mr.Gardner has not been seen or heard of." Elizabeth was bending over her dog, but even Tavernake, unobservant though he was, could see that she was shaken.
"Pritchard is a clever man, generally," she remarked, "diabolically clever.

Why has he told you all this, I wonder?
He must have known that you would probably repeat it to me.