You really know you did." "My dear," said the Colonel, with a little impatient gesture, "one can never argue with a lady.

You see--circumstances alter cases considerably." He nodded with an air of wisdom as though that decided it, but the girl persisted.

"Uncle," she said, drawing closer to him with lithe gracefulness, "I want you to let me have my own way just for once, and if I am wrong, I will never do anything you do not approve of again.
After all, it is a very little thing, and you would like to please me." "It is a trifle that is likely to cost you a good deal of money," said the Colonel dryly.
"I think I could afford it, and you could not refuse me." "As I am only your uncle, and no longer a trustee, I could not," said Barrington.

"Still, you would not act against my wishes ?" His eyes were gentle, unusually so, for he was not as a rule very patient when any one questioned his will, but there was a reproach in them that hurt the girl.

Still, because she had promised, she persisted.
"No," she said.