Have you seen Bosio to-day?
Why did he not come to luncheon?
I hope he is not ill, just at this moment." Matilda 'placed' her voice carefully, as a singer would do, before she answered.
"He is not ill," she said.

"He was here an hour ago.

I did not ask him why he did not come to luncheon, because it did not concern me." "Well?
And the rest ?" "The rest?
How anxious you are!" she exclaimed scornfully.

"The rest is as well as ill can be.

I think he will marry Veronica." "I should suppose so, if she will marry him," observed Macomer.