"Let us go, then," said Gwendolen, impetuously. "Perhaps we shall be drowned." She began to sob again.
This extraordinary behavior, which had evidently some relation to Deronda, gave more definiteness to Grandcourt's conclusions. He drew his chair quite close in front of her, and said, in a low tone, "Just be quiet and listen, will you?"
There seemed to be a magical effect in this close vicinity. Gwendolen shrank and ceased to sob. She kept her eyelids down and clasped her hands tightly.

"Let us go, then," said Gwendolen, impetuously. "Perhaps we shall be drowned." She began to sob again.
This extraordinary behaviour, which had evidently some relation to Deronda, gave more definiteness to Grandcourt's conclusions. He drew his chair close to her, and said, in a low tone, "Just be quiet and listen, will you?"
Gwendolen shrank and ceased to sob. She kept her eyelids down and clasped her hands tightly.
