Nor did Ethne mention it again.

It occurred to her at times to wonder in what way Durrance had understood her abrupt disappearance from the drawing-room on the night when he had told her of his meeting with Harry Feversham.

But he never referred to it himself, and she thought it wise to imitate his example.

The noticeable change in his manner, the absence of that caution which had so distressed her, allayed her fears.

It seemed that he had found for himself some perfectly simple and natural explanation.