You are looking very pale yourself the last few days." "I suppose I feel it a little," Isobel said, "and of course this anxiety everyone has been feeling worries one.

Everyone seems to agree that there is no fear of trouble with the Sepoys here; still, as nothing else is talked about, one cannot help feeling nervous about it.

However, as things seem settling down now, I hope we shall soon get something else to talk about." "I have not seen Mr.Bathurst lately," Mrs.Doolan said presently.
"Nor have we," Isobel said quietly; "it is quite ten days since we saw him last." "I suppose he is falling back into his hermit ways," Mrs.Doolan said carelessly, shooting a keen glance at Isobel, who was leaning over one of the children.
"He quite emerged from his shell for a bit.

Mrs.Hunter was saying she never saw such a change in a man, but I suppose he has got tired of it.
Captain Forster arrived just in time to fill up the gap.

How do you like him, Isobel ?" "He is amusing," the girl said quietly; "I have never seen anyone quite like him before; he talks in an easy, pleasant sort of way, and tells most amusing stories.