"I've gone with Mr.
Charlton so much, you know, that it has made talk," she said.

"And father feels bad about it.

And"-- seeing the expression of Isa's countenance, she concluded that it would not do to be quite so secretive--"and, to tell you the truth, I did like him.

But of course that is all over.

Of course there couldn't be anything between us after this, even if he were innocent." Isa grew indignant, and she no longer needed the support of religious faith and high moral principle to enable her to plead the cause of Albert Charlton with Miss Minorkey.
"But I thought you loved him," she said, with just a spice of bitterness.
"The poor fellow believes that you love him." Miss Minorkey winced a little.