"I wish with all my heart that you knew it all as I know it; but that is impossible. There are things which happen in a day which it would take a lifetime to explain." Then there was another pause. "I have heard bad news this morning, and I must go up to London at once. I shall go into Ely so as to be there by twelve; and if you will, you shall drive me over. I may be back in a day; certainly in less than a week; but it will be a comfort to me to know that I shall find you here."
The matter was so arranged, and at eleven they started. During the first two miles not a word was spoken between them. "Seward," Grey said at last, "if I fail in what I am going to attempt, it is probable that you will never hear Alice Vavasor's name mentioned by me again; but I want you always to bear this in mind;--that at no moment has my opinion of her ever been changed, nor must you in such case imagine from my silence that it has changed. Do you understand me?"

"I wish with all my heart that you knew it as I know it; but that is impossible." Then there was another pause. "I have heard bad news, and I must go up to London at once. I shall go into Ely by noon, if you will drive me over. I may be back in a day; certainly in less than a week; but it will be a comfort to me to know that I shall find you here."
The matter was arranged, and at eleven they started.
"Seward," said Grey on the journey, "if I fail in what I am going to attempt, you will probably never hear Alice Vavasor's name mentioned by me again; but I want you always to remember that at no moment has my opinion of her ever been changed. Do you understand me?"
