She drew back a step directly.
"No, I couldn't do that," she said.

"I could only accept your kindness, if----" She stopped again.

The clerk looked once more at the clock.

"Make up your mind, Miss, before it's too late." In her terror of not getting the letter that day, she spoke out plainly at last.

"Will you kindly tell me, sir, to what address I can return the money when I get home ?" I paid for the letter first, and then answered the question.
"If you will be so good as to send it to Mr.Keller's house----" Before I could add the name of the street, her pale face suddenly flushed.