I cast a quick glance over my figure, to see whether it had not shrunken.
"But that is not it, Elisabeth--a girl may not allow a man so much as you promised me, and then forget that promise in a day.

It _was_ a promise between us.

_You_ agreed that I should come; I did come.

You had given your word.

I say, was that the way to treat me, coming as I did ?" "I found it possible," said she.