She began to fear her brother.

'I will!' she reiterated wildly, without moving him at all.

And the quiet inflexibility of his face forbade the ultimate hope which lies in giving men a dose of hysterics when they are obstinate.

She tried by taunts and angry vituperations to make him look fierce, if but an instant, to precipitate her into an exhibition she was so well prepared for.
'Evan! what! after all my love, my confidence in you--I need not have told you--to expose us! Brother?
would you?
Oh!' 'I will not let this last another hour,' said Evan, firmly, at the same time seeking to caress her.

She spurned his fruitless affection, feeling, nevertheless, how cruel was her fate; for, with any other save a brother, she had arts at her disposal to melt the manliest resolutions.