But don't say anything to mamma, because she has her ideas, and I don't wish to cause her annoyance." She gazed at him.

He seemed to her such a good man, and sad-looking, and so handsome.

She was on the verge of accepting his former proposal, to go away with him and find happiness together somewhere else.

Then an evil thought came to her.

It was the idea of borrowing the six months' back rent from him.
She trembled and resumed in a caressing tone of voice: "We're still friends, aren't we ?" He shook his head as he answered: "Yes, we'll always be friends.