She turned pale.
"Oh, Patty, Patty, what have you been saying ?" "I've been speaking my mind, that is all." "Ay, and you've made him say the only unkind word I ever heard from his lips." "I'm very sorry, Jael," said the young man, penitently.
"Oh, then I'm to blame, because he is so ill-tempered." And Patty bridled.
"Partly.

You should not interfere between friends." Having delivered this admonition, Jael softened it by kissing her, and whispered, "Father's asking for his tea." Patty went in as meek as Moses.
Then Jael turned to Henry, and laid her hand on his arm, while her gray eyes searched his face.
"There's something amiss.

You are never cross, except when you are unhappy.

What is it ?" "Oh, Jael, my heart is broken.

She is going to be married." "Who says so ?" "Mr.Cheetham told me she was engaged to a Mr.Coventry." "What can Mr.Cheetham know?
To be sure the gentleman is a good deal with her, and I hear he has courted her this two years; and she likes his company, that's certain.