And I never discuss Miss Mallory's affairs.

Perhaps you will kindly allow me to go to my letters." She was moving away when the girl beside her laughed again--rather angrily--and Mrs.Colwood paused, touched again by instinctive fear.
"Oh, of course if I'm not to say a word about it--I'm not--that's all! Well, now, look here--Diana needn't suppose that I've come all this way just for fun.

I had to say that about lessons, and that kind of thing--I didn't want to set her against me--but I've ...

Well!--why should I be ashamed, I should like to know ?"--she broke out, shrilly, sitting erect, her face flushing deeply, her eyes on fire.

"If some one owes you something--why shouldn't you come and get it?
Diana owes my mother _money!_--a lot of money!--and we can't afford to lose it.