To his relief, she spoke no more of Milly, and of Milly's association with the house which so charmed and attracted her.
One of the strangest, most disturbing facts about our complex human nature is how very little we know of what is passing in another's mind.
Helen Brabazon would have been amazed indeed had she seen even only a very little way into her present companion's secret thoughts.

How surprised she would have been, for instance, to know that the only thing about herself Varick would have liked altered was her association with that part of his life to which he never willingly returned, even in his thoughts.

The part of his life, that is, which had been spent by his dying wife and himself at Redsands.

It was with nervous horror that he unwillingly recalled any incident, however slight, connected with those tragic weeks.

And yet Helen, had she been asked, would have said that he must often dwell on them in loving retrospect.