And if you did n't stay for Gordon, you might have staid for Angela.

I never heard of anything so monstrous as a gentleman rushing away from the object of his affection, for no particular purpose that any one could discover, the day after she has accepted him.

It was not the day after?
Well, it was too soon, at any rate.

Angela could n't in the least tell me what you had gone for; she said it was for a 'change.' That was a charming reason! But she was very much ashamed of you--and so was I; and at last we all sent Captain Lovelock after you to bring you back.

You came back without him?
Ah, so much the better; I suppose he is still looking for you, and, as he is n't very clever, that will occupy him for some time.
We want to occupy him; we don't approve of his being so idle.