"Isabel was cruel?"—and Ralph＇s face lighted with the relief of his cousin＇s not having shown duplicity.
"I don＇t exactly know what passed between them.But she gave him no satisfaction—she sent him back to America."
"Poor Mr. Goodwood!" Ralph sighed.
"Her only idea seems to be to get rid of him," Henrietta went on.
"Poor Mr. Goodwood!" Ralph repeated. The exclamation, it must be confessed, was automatic; it failed exactly to express his thoughts, which were taking another line.