23/33 Nay, and I did not stick on any score of conscience. Yet stick I did, and gazed at her with a dumb stare. She seemed to fall into a sudden rage, crying, "Go to her then if you will, but she won't have you. Would you like to know what she called you to-day in the coach ?" "I would hear nothing that was not for my ears." "A very pretty excuse; but in truth you fear to hear it." Alas, the truth was even as she said. I feared to hear it. |