"No," she said; "I have forced the truth out of you for once.

I want no more." "Pardon me," replied the incorrigible Wragge.

"You want a little instruction; and I am the man to give it you." With that answer, he placed a chair for her, and proceeded to explain himself.
She sat down in silence.

A sullen indifference began to show itself in her manner; her cheeks turned pale again; and her eyes looked wearily vacant at the wall before her.

Captain Wragge noticed these signs of heart-sickness and discontent with herself, after the effort she had made, and saw the importance of rousing her by speaking, for once, plainly and directly to the point.