I own I am a little inquisitive in the matter." "I am glad you mentioned it.

I have so much on my mind that I should have let the day pass, and I should be sorry not to fulfill to the letter the promise I made to my friend." "Have you any suspicion as to the nature of the document ?" "I thought it might be a will; but, if so, I can't understand why a delay of six months should have been interposed." "Colonel Preston may have had his reasons.

Possibly he did not fully trust his wife's attention to his requests." "It may be so.

I am afraid his married life was not altogether harmonious.

Mrs.Preston always struck me as a very selfish woman." "No doubt of that." "She evidently regarded herself as superior to the rest of us." "In that respect Godfrey is like her.