That was, to see you pleased and happy.

I knew it was your first ball, and I did so long to see you enjoy it." "And so I did, till--" "Till what?
Will you not let me ask ?" "Mamma said something to me, and that stopped me from dancing." "She told you not to dance with me.

Was that it ?" How was it possible that she should have had a chance with him; innocent, young, and ignorant as she was?
She did not tell him in words that so it had been; but she looked into his face with a glance of doubt and pain that answered his question as plainly as any words could have done.
"Of course she did; and it was I that destroyed it all.

I that should have been satisfied to stand still and see you happy.

How you must have hated me!" "Oh, no; indeed I did not.