He bent his ear to her lips. Still she would not, or could not, speak clearly to the point. Seeing that Moore waited and was resolved to hear something, she at last said, "Miss Keeldar spent a day at the rectory about a week since. The evening came on very wintry, and we persuaded her to stay all night."
"And you and she curled your hair together?"
"How do you know that?"
"And then you chattered, and she told you----"
"It was not at curling-hair time, so you are not as wise as you think; and, besides, she didn't tell me."
"You slept together afterwards?"

Still she would not speak. Seeing that Moore waited, she at last said, "Miss Keeldar spent a day at the rectory about a week ago. The evening came on very wintry, and we persuaded her to stay all night."
"And you and she curled your hair together?"
"How do you know that?"
"And then you chattered, and she told you-"
"It was not at curling-hair time, so you are not as wise as you think; and, besides, she didn't tell me. We slept