"What a charmingly inconsiderate affair this has been!" he said to himself.

"Nothing planned, nothing provided for, or against; all spontaneous, and from our very hearts.

I never thought to tell her that she must say nothing to her aunt, until we had agreed how everything should, be explained, and I don't believe the idea that it is necessary to say anything to anybody, has entered her mind.

But I must keep my eyes away from her if I don't want to bring on a premature explosion." Whatever might be the result of the reasoning which this young man had to do with himself, it was quite plain that he was abundantly satisfied with things as they were.
It was beginning to be dark, when Letty and Uncle Isham returned and explained why they had been so late in returning.
Old Aunt Patsy had died in church..