I gathered from hints which he let fall, that your situation was, in some way, the cause: yet he assured me that you were at your own house, alive, in good health, and in perfect safety.

He scarcely ate a morsel, and immediately after breakfast went out again.
He would not inform me whither he was going, but mentioned that he probably might not return before night." I was equally astonished and alarmed by this information.

Pleyel had told his tale to my brother, and had, by a plausible and exaggerated picture, instilled into him unfavorable thoughts of me.

Yet would not the more correct judgment of Wieland perceive and expose the fallacy of his conclusions?
Perhaps his uneasiness might arise from some insight into the character of Carwin, and from apprehensions for my safety.

The appearances by which Pleyel had been misled, might induce him likewise to believe that I entertained an indiscreet, though not dishonorable affection for Carwin.