Standing there in the sheltering dark, she said, "Papa, I wasn't very candid with you, this afternoon.

I am engaged to Mr.Burnamy." "Light the candle," said her father.

"Or no," he added before she could do so.

"Is it quite settled ?" "Quite," she answered in a voice that admitted of no doubt.

"That is, as far as it can be, without you." "Don't be a hypocrite, Agatha," said the general.