"He speaks very tenderly of his dead father," she said to me.

"It may hurt him if he finds out the antipathy I have to dark people.

Let us keep it to ourselves." As things now were, it was on the tip of my tongue to remind him, that Lucilla would hear of his disfigurement from other people; and then to warn him of the unpleasant result that might follow.

On reflection, however, I thought it wiser to wait a little and sound his motives first.
"Before you tell me how I can help you," I said, "I want to know one thing more.

Have you decided in this serious matter entirely by yourself?
Have you taken no advice ?" "I don't want advice," he answered sharply.