"Certainly; thankfully. You're a good fellow, after all, Thornton. Hale liked you. He spoke to me, only the other day, at Oxford. He regretted he had seen so little of you lately. I am obliged to you for wishing to show him respect."
"But about Frederick. Does he never come to England?"
"Never."
"He was not over here about the time of Mrs. Hale's death?"

'Certainly. You're a good fellow, Thornton. Hale liked you.'
'But about Frederick. Does he never come to England?'
'Never.'
'He was not over here about the time of Mrs. Hale's death?'
