In what way?
Was it any thing to do with her marriage?
My uncle considered again.

He thought it quite possible.

Private marriages were dangerous things (he said)--especially in Scotland.

He asked me if they had been married in Scotland.

I couldn't tell him--I only said, 'Suppose they were?
What then ?' 'It's barely possible, in that case,' says Sir Patrick, 'that Miss Silvester may be feeling uneasy about her marriage.