20/22 But he had given rise to feelings of gentle regard rather than of anger. He had been honest, and had contrived to make her believe him. He did not come up to her ideal of what a lover should be, but he was nearer to it than Mountjoy Scarborough. He had touched her so closely that she determined at once to tell him the truth, thinking that she might best in this way put an end to his passion forever. "Mr.Anderson," she said, "though I have known it to be vain, I have thought it best to listen to you, because you asked it." "I am sure I am awfully obliged to you." "And I ought to thank you for the kind feeling you have expressed to me. |