It was a trifle truly, but Lewis Rand had meant to give her a false impression, and that when he knew as well as she how she detested falsity! As for his reasons for concealment,--let him keep his reasons! She angrily told herself that Jane Selden had no desire to pry into a politician's secrets.

But he should have said that the letter was a letter! With which conclusion, the coach having drawn up before Vinie Mocket's door, Mrs.Selden dismissed the matter from her mind, and, descending, was met by Vinie herself at the gate.
"I've got the sweetmeats all cut, Mrs.Selden! Grapes and baskets, and hearts with arrows through them, and vases of roses.

I never did any prettier.

Won't you come in, ma'am?
There's water just drawn from the well." "Then I'll have a glass, and I'll just look at the sweetmeats.

It is late and I must be going home.