31/42 Speak to Charlotte, or I must tell Julius." "What have you come to say, Sophia ?" "I came to talk pleasantly, to see you, and"-- "You saw me an hour or two since, and were very rude and unkind. But if you regret it, my dear, it is forgiven." "I do not know what there is to forgive. But really, Charlotte and you seem so completely unhappy and dissatisfied here, that I should think you would make a change." "Do you mean that you wish me to go ?" "If you put words into my mouth." "It is not worth while affecting either regret or offence, Sophia. How soon do you wish us to leave ?" The dowager mistress of Sandal-Side had stood up as she asked the question. She was quite calm, and her manner even cold and indifferent. |