‘It may be that someone has fabricated – it may be that someone has told her that you have come to India to see Diana Villiers,’ said Stephen, hiding his face with shame as he spoke. This was a direct attempt at keeping them apart, for his own purposes – partly for his own purposes. It was wholly uncandid, of course, and he had never been uncandid with Jack before. It filled him with anger; but still he went on, ‘or that you may see her here.’
