But with her father there should be no attempt on her part to keep back the truth.

Were he to question her on the subject she would tell him, as far as her memory would serve her, the very words which Lopez had spoken to her this evening.

She would ask nothing from him.

He had already told her that the man was to be rejected, and had refused to give any other reason than his dislike to the absence of any English connexion.

She would not again ask even for a reason.