You bear no malice, I am sure.' "Distrust still kept me silent.

I remembered that she had watched for Miss Minerva's return, and that she had seen Miss Minerva go up to my room.

The idea that she meant to be revenged on us both for having our secrets, and keeping them from her knowledge, took complete possession of my mind.
"'Are you feeling better ?' she asked.
"'Yes.' "'Is there anything I can get for you ?' "'Not now--thank you.' "'Would you like to see Mr.Null again, before to-morrow ?' "'Oh, no!' "These were ungraciously short replies--but it cost me an effort to speak to her at all.

She showed no signs of taking offence; she proceeded as smoothly as ever.
"My dear Carmina, I have my faults of temper; and, with such pursuits as mine, I am not perhaps a sympathetic companion for a young girl.

But I hope you believe that it is my duty and my pleasure to be a second mother to you ?' "Yes; she did really say that! Whether I was only angry, or whether I was getting hysterical, I don't know.