But you must tell me that there shall be an end to this." "No, papa." "What do you mean ?" "That as I love Mr.Tregear, and as I have told him so, and as I have promised him, I will be true to him.

I cannot let there be an end to it." "You do not suppose that you will be allowed to see him again ?" "I hope so." "Most assuredly not.

Do you write to him ?" "No, papa." "Never ?" "Never since we have been back in England." "You must promise me that you will not write." She paused a moment before she answered him, and now she was looking him full in the face.

"I shall not write to him.

I do not think I shall write to him; but I will not promise." "Not promise me,--your father!" "No, papa.