But no sound could be heard.
"And since then," Patty pursued, with tremulous eagerness, "she's been very queer.

I know she doesn't sleep at night, and she's getting ill, and she's had letters from--someone she oughtn't to have anything to do with." "Having told so much, you had better tell me all," said Hilliard impatiently.

There was a cold sweat on his forehead, and his heart beat painfully.
"No.

I can't.

I can only give you a warning." "But what's the use of that?
What can I do?
How can I interfere ?" "I don't know," replied the girl, with a helpless sigh.