Has he gone?
He was beginning to tell me about it, when we were interrupted." "He thinks of it," said Mary briefly.

The color at once came to her face.
"It would be a very good plan," said Katharine in her decided way.
"You think so ?" "Yes, because he would do something worth while; he would write a book.
My father always says that he's the most remarkable of the young men who write for him." Mary bent low over the fire and stirred the coal between the bars with a poker.

Katharine's mention of Ralph had roused within her an almost irresistible desire to explain to her the true state of the case between herself and Ralph.

She knew, from the tone of her voice, that in speaking of Ralph she had no desire to probe Mary's secrets, or to insinuate any of her own.

Moreover, she liked Katharine; she trusted her; she felt a respect for her.