27/31 I wish with all my heart that he was fond of you and you of him." "That is all nonsense. Indeed it is." "I am not saying it without an object. I don't see why you and I should not understand one another. If I tell you a secret will you keep it ?" "Do not tell me any secret that I must keep from Lady Scroope." "But that is just what you must do." "But then suppose I don't do it," said Miss Mellerby. "The truth is that both my uncle and my aunt want me to fall in love with you." "How very kind of them," said she with a little forced laugh. |