"It was irresistible. You can't know how strong a temptation it was. I hardly dare tell you how much I shall like this sketch."
He was not quite sure whether she heard this latter sentence before she went to the brook to wash her palette. She came back rather flushed, but looking perfectly innocent and unconscious. He was glad of it, for the speech had slipped from him unawares--a rare thing in the case of a man who premeditated his actions so much as Henry Lennox.

'It was irresistible. You can't know how strong a temptation it was. I hardly dare tell you how much I shall like this sketch.'
He was not quite sure whether she heard this latter sentence before she went to the brook to wash her palette. She came back rather flushed, but looking perfectly unconscious. He was glad of it, for the speech had slipped from him unawares - a rare thing in his case.
