And she admitted to herself that during the ten days since her return, though she had unsparingly snubbed her sister's wonderings why he did not call, she had speculated a good deal upon the subject herself, with a sort of resentful feeling against both herself and him that she should care-- Her face flushed as she recalled the momentary pressure of his hand upon hers on that last night on deck.

She rang for the servant, and went up to her room..