She would not admit to herself that she was troubled because Scott had gone, it was the manner of his departure.

Surely, after the friendship and confidence she had shown him, he might at least have sent some word of farewell, instead of leaving as he had, apparently without a thought of her.

However, she chatted graciously with Mr.Whitney, though, all the while, a proud, dark face with strangely beautiful eyes persistently forced itself before her mental vision, nearly obliterating the smiling face of the attorney.
Meanwhile, Ralph Mainwaring was giving the detective his views on the subject.
"I, for one, am not sorry that he has followed the example of the coachman and taken himself off.

It is my opinion," he continued, in impressive tones, "that we will yet find he had reasons for leaving in this manner." "Undoubtedly!" Merrick replied, with equal emphasis.
"Now, that's just where you're wrong, governor," said young Mainwaring.

"Scott is as good as gold.