6/11 "I am glad I was fortunate enough to meet you." "It was kind of you to seek for me," she said meekly. "I didn't mean what I said just now ..." "I pray you, say no more about it. I can so well understand. I only wish ..." "It would be best I should leave your house," she said gently; "I have so ill repaid your hospitality. Petronelle and I can easily go back to our lodgings." "You would break my mother's heart if you left her now," he said, almost roughly. |