27/34 He expected to see me again to-morrow, and there he'll be so disappointed: and he'll wait for me, and I sha'n't come!' 'Nonsense!' said I, 'do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him? Linton will conjecture how it is, and trouble himself no further about you.' 'But may I not write a note to tell him why I cannot come ?' she asked, rising to her feet. 'And just send those books I promised to lend him? May I not, Ellen ?' 'No, indeed! no, indeed!' replied I with decision. 'Then he would write to you, and there'd never be an end of it. |