MissBurton,withherkeen,delicateperceptions,recognizedthisdifferencemorefullythananyoftheothers;andherinstinct,ratherthananythingshesawinIda,enabledhertodivinethecauseinpart.\"IknowofbutonethingthatcanaccountforMissMayhew\'sbehavior,\"shethought,\"andthoughsheguardshersecretwell,shecannotdeceiveawomanwhohaspassedthroughmyexperience.
Ibegintoseeitall.SheusedSibleyasablind,andshewasblindherself,poorchild,whenshedidso,toeverythingsavetheonewomanlynecessityofhidinganunsoughtlove.Well,well,myoutspokenloverhaseyesforhersweet,chastenedbeautyto-night.
Perhapshethinksheisstudyingherfaceasanartist.Perhapsheis.ButitstrikesmethathehaslostthecriticalandjudicialexpressionwhichIhavenoticedhitherto,\"andaglimmerofasmilethatdidnotintheleastsuggestthe\"green-eyedmonster\"hoveredforamomentlikearayoflightoverJennieBurton\'sface.
\"Mother,\"saidIda,inalow,sympathetictone,\"Iseeoneofyourheadachescomingon.Letmebatheyourheadaftertea.\"
\"Ida,\"whisperedMrs.Mayhew,\"youaresochangedIdon\'tknowyou.\"