It all tallied too well with whispers and hints that had been going about for some time past. Recollections of Euphemia’s account of the visit to the theatre⁠— Mr. Bosinney always at Soames’? Oh, indeed! Yes, of course, he would be about the house! Nothing open. Only upon the greatest, the most important provocation was it necessary to say anything open on Forsyte ’Change. This machine was too nicely adjusted; a hint, the merest trifling expression of regret or doubt, sufficed to set the family soul⁠—so sympathetic⁠—vibrating. No one desired that harm should come of these vibrations⁠—far from it; they were set in motion with the best intentions, with the feeling, that each member of the family had a stake in the family soul.