Then we talked it over.
She had written to Mr.Dally and got an answer that made her miserable; that was the _first_ letter.

She wrote again, and had a reply that made her still more wretched; and that was the _second_.

Two or three more came, and yesterday she could bear it no longer." "Then she has gone home to make it up with him ?" "Of course.

He declared that she has utterly lost her character and that no honest man could have anything more to say to her! I shouldn't wonder if they are married in a few weeks' time." Hilliard laughed light-heartedly.
"I was to beg you on my knees to forgive her," pursued Eve.

"But I can't very well do that in the middle of the street, can I?
Really, she thinks she has behaved disgracefully to you.