Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad

"No," said the other with extreme gentleness, "only of all the
people more or less connected with the Carlist affair you are the
only one that had also disappeared before the final collapse."

"What!" cried Monsieur George.

"Just so," said the other meaningly. "You know that all my people
like you very much, though they hold various opinions as to your
discretion. Only the other day Jane, you know my married sister,
and I were talking about you. She was extremely distressed. I
assured her that you must be very far away or very deeply buried
somewhere not to have given a sign of life under this provocation.