And he KNEW, but he COULD not tell.

He heard them wondering what the obstruction could have been, and all the time he had the obstruction in his pocket, and never said a single word.
I do not seek to defend him.

But it really was an awful thing to have been the cause of; and Mrs Pettigrew is but harsh and hasty.

But this, as Oswald knows too well, is no excuse for his silent conduct.
That night at tea Albert's uncle was rather silent too.

At last he looked upon us with a glance full of intelligence, and said-- 'There was a queer thing happened yesterday.