I have been so troubled----" "You forgot that I had asked you to be my wife!" "Mr.Perry----" "No, don't say another word, Miss Dunbar.

I have had my answer.

I knew you didn't love me, but I did not think I was so paltry that you would forget that I had offered to marry you." Lucy pressed her hands together, looking up at him miserably without a word.

He walked down the path and leaned on the wall with his back to her.

His very back was indignant.
Presently he turned.