My services are, I know, of greater value than he estimates them, and I feel that I am dealt by unjustly." Edith made no answer.

The subject was repugnant to her feelings, and she did not wish to prolong it.

Claire already regretted its introduction.

So there was silence for nearly a minute.
When the conversation flowed on again, it embraced a different theme, but had in it no warmth of feeling.

Not since they had joined hands at the altar, nearly two years before, had they passed so embarrassed and really unhappy an evening as this.