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. At times, too,
she asked herself why Durrance had told her of that meeting in Wadi
Halfa, and of Feversham's subsequent departure to the south. But for
that she found an explanation--a strange explanation, perhaps, but it
was simple enough and satisfactory to her. She believed that the news
was a message of which Durrance was only the instrument. It was meant
for her ears, and for her comprehension alone, and Durrance was bound to
convey it to her by the will of a power above him. His real reason she
had not stayed to hear.
During the month of September, then, they kept up the pretence. Every
morning when Durrance was in Devonshire he would come across the fields
to Ethne at The Pool, and Mrs. Adair, watching them as they talked and
laughed without a shadow of embarrassment or estrangement, grew more
angry, and found it more difficult to hold her peace and let the
pretence go on.
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