And what happened ?" "He took Dido's paw out of a trap.

He was very kind about it," I returned, conscious of Miss Bride's severe eye.
"There was no philandering, child, now was there?
You're not long out of short frocks.

I can't imagine how the young gentleman came to be in your woods.

You'd better forget all about him, but first tell me what he was like and all that happened." "Bride! The poor child!" said Miss Henrietta, compassionately.
"There was no philandering," I said composedly.

I am used to Miss Chenevix's ways.