Captain Danton, mystified and bewildered, sought his daughter for an explanation of these strange goings on.

Kate related the rather humiliating story, leaving out Sir Ronald's cruel taunts, in dread of a quarrel between him and her father.
"Don't say anything about it, papa," Kate said, imploringly.

"I have behaved very badly, and I feel more wretched and sorry for it all than I can tell you.

Don't try to see Sir Ronald.

He is justly very angry, and might say things in his anger that would provoke a quarrel.