"And he must miss you?"
"That he does not."
"I cannot imagine," pursued Shirley, who had lately got a habit of introducing Moore's name into the conversation, even when it seemed to have no business there--"I cannot imagine but that he was fond of you, since he took so much notice of you, talked to you, and taught you so much."
"He never was fond of me; he never professed to be fond of me. He took pains to prove that he only just tolerated me."
Caroline, determined not to err on the flattering side in estimating her cousin's regard for her, always now habitually thought of it and mentioned it in the most scanty measure. She had her own reasons for being less sanguine than ever in hopeful views of the future, less indulgent to pleasurable retrospections of the past.
"Of course, then," observed Miss Keeldar, "you only just tolerated him in return?"

"And he must miss you?"
"He does not."
"I imagine," pursued Shirley, who had lately got a habit of introducing Moore's name into the conversation, even when it seemed to have no business there - "I imagine that he was fond of you, since he took so much notice of you."
"He never was fond of me; he took pains to prove he only just tolerated me."
Caroline now habitually thought of Robert's feelings in this scanty measure. She had her own reasons for being less sanguine than ever about hopeful views of the future.
"Of course, then," observed Miss Keeldar, "you only just tolerated him in return?"
