Bronchitis was not of the ailments which spring from a broken heart, and she was inclined to hold it as a grievance against him that she had been so wastefully touched with pity.

Her sympathy disappeared altogether when with little circumlocution he broached the subject of the Boruwimi expedition, and dropped a mention of Mrs.Willoughby's relative.

There was something at the back of it, he hinted.
Clarice wondered whence he had got his information, but made no effort to check him.

She stood looking out of the window while he retold her the story of Gorley's death.

It became more unreal to her than ever; for while his account was correctly given, as Mrs.Willoughby had given it to Fielding, it lacked the uncompromising details which Drake himself had furnished.