If he could discover by some roundabout way that she would still refuse to see him it would be best not to embarrass her with any such request; especially on this her first visit.
"Yes--I'll eat anything and everything you send me, you dear Kate--and many thanks to you, provided you'll come with it--you are the best broth for me.

But you haven't answered my question--not all of it.

What have YOU been doing since I left ?" "Wondering whether you would forgive me for the rude way in which I left you the last time I saw you,--the night of Mr.Horn's reading, for one thing.

I went off with Mr.Willits and never said a word to you.

I wrote you a letter telling you how sorry I was, but you never answered it, and that made me more anxious than ever." "What foolishness, Kate! I never got it, of course, or you would have heard from me right away.