Jeffrey and worried Miss Tuttle; something which caused a cloud in
the house, for all the dances and dinners and goings and comings.
I am sorry to speak of it, but it was so."
"Something that showed an unsettled mind?"
"Almost. The glitter in her eye was not natural; neither was the
way she looked at her sister and sometimes at her husband."
"Did she talk much about the catastrophe which attended her wedding?
Did her mind seem to run on that?"
"Incessantly at first; but afterward not so much. I think Mr.
Jeffrey frowned on that subject."
"Did he ever frown on her?"
"No, sir - not - not when they were alone or with no one by but me.
He seemed to love her then very much."
"What do you mean by that, Loretta; that he lost patience with her
when other people were present - Miss Tuttle, for instance?"
"Yes, sir. He used to change very much when - when - when Miss
Tuttle came into the room."
"Change toward his wife?"
"Yes, sir."
"How ?"
"He grew more distant, much more distant; got up quite fretfully
from his seat, if he were sitting beside her, and took up some
book or paper."
"And Miss Tuttle?"
"She never seemed to notice but"
"But - ?"
"She did not come in very often after this had happened once or
twice; I mean into the room upstairs where they used to sit.
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