"I have never named it to either my brother or your cousin," said Mr. Lennox, with a little professional dryness of implied reproach.
"Never mind, Margaret. I am not living in a talking, babbling world, nor yet among people who are trying to worm facts out of me; you needn't look so frightened because you have let the cat out of the bag to a faithful old hermit like me. I shall never name his having been in England; I shall be out of temptation, for no one will ask me. Stay!" (interrupting himself rather abruptly). "Was it at your mother's funeral?"
"He was with mamma when she died," said Margaret, softly.

'Never mind, Margaret; you needn't look so frightened because you have let the cat out of the bag to a faithful old hermit like me. I shall never name his having been in England. Stay! Was it at your mother's funeral?'
'He was with mamma when she died,' said Margaret, softly.
