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No , I do n't ! '' `` Why , what 's the matter , Albert ? '' she queried . `` I have n't charged them with midnight assassination , or anything like that ! Only , it seems that he has been making love to her , for some time , in his cool and self-contained way . I 've known it , and she 's been perfectly conscious , that I knew ; but never said anything to me of it , and seemed unwilling even to approach the subject . But to-night Cecil and I found her out in the canopied seat by the fountain , and I knew something was the matter , and sent Cecil away .