"I shouldn't care what he thought of my doing it." "Yes, the great thing is to make sure that you were wrong." They remained talking so long, that March and the general had exhausted all the topics of common interest, and had even gone through those they did not care for.

At last the general said, "I'm afraid my daughter will tire Mrs.March." "Oh, I don't think she'll tire my wife.

But do you want her ?" "Well, when you're going down." "I think I'll take a turn about the deck, and start my circulation," said March, and he did so before he went below.
He found his wife up and dressed, and waiting provisionally on the sofa.
"I thought I might as well go to lunch," she said, and then she told him about Agatha and Burnamy, and the means she had employed to comfort and encourage the girl.

"And now, dearest, I want you to find out where Burnamy is, and give him a hint.

You will, won't you! If you could have seen how unhappy she was!" "I don't think I should have cared, and I'm certainly not going to meddle.