17/19 I called him an ass, and said that he had better have remained away another year than come back and make mischief. That is all. What did she say ?" "She hinted that his temper was a reminiscence of his Southern birth, always a sore point with him, and contrasted me with him, to his disadvantage. All very unfair, of course, but, you see, she was the hostess, and Alan had upset her party very much." "So you walked home, and resolved to hold out the olive branch ?" "Most decidedly. I was older, perhaps a trifle more sedate. |