Would she change it for mine?
I was the first to recover; I boldly drew a chair near her and took her hand.
"You see," I said, "it is of no use to try to avoid me.

This is the third time we have met.

Will you receive me as a visitor, under these extraordinary circumstances?
Will you give me a little happiness to compensate for what I have suffered since you left me ?" She smiled and blushed.
"I am so surprised," she answered, "I don't know what to say." "Disagreeably surprised ?" I asked.
She first went on with her work, and then replied (a little sadly, as I thought): "No!" I was ready enough to take advantage of my opportunities this time; but she contrived with perfect politeness to stop me.

She seemed to remember with shame, poor soul, the circumstances under which I had last seen her.
"How do you come to be at Duskydale ?" she inquired, abruptly changing the subject.

"And how did you find us out here ?" While I was giving her the necessary explanations her father came in.