I don't care--in _that_ way." A silence; then Madelene, gently: "Was this what you came to tell me ?" Adelaide nodded slowly.

"Yes, though I didn't know it." "Why tell _me_ ?" "Because I think I care for another man." Adelaide was not looking away.
On the contrary, as she spoke, saying the words in an even, reflective tone, she returned her sister-in-law's gaze fully, frankly.

"And I don't know what to do.

It's very complicated--doubly complicated." "The one you were first engaged to ?" "Yes," said Del.

"Isn't it pitiful in me ?" And there was real self-contempt in her voice and in her expression.