I was not disappointed, for presently, after two or three false starts, she continued:-- "I do not care to hear your comments on what I have just done.

I know quite as well in my simplicity as you in your wisdom the many good reasons why I should not have visited the Old Swan to-day.

I knew before I started, but I should have gone had the reasons been multiplied a thousand fold in number and cogency.

Therefore, I do not care to hear your comments on the subject.

I should have gone just the same had I feared that death awaited me.