"She didn't write to ME.

I went to see her," she added, "almost immediately after I had seen you, and as I assured her I would do when I met her at Gloriani's.

She hadn't then told me she was to be absent, and I felt at her door as if I understood.

She's absent--with all respect to her sick friend, though I know indeed she has plenty--so that I may not see her.

She doesn't want to meet me again.