"Oh, father, and I promised to go!"
"You must not make rash promises another time, my child."
"But she wants me, father—she is so lonely and so sad?"
"I am sorry, my Janet, but I don't know——"
"Oh, do let me, father. I shall not be harmed; and I don't mind what the world says."
"But perhaps I mind," said Mr. Colwyn, quaintly.
CHAPTER X.
MARGARET.
Janetta looked so rueful at this remark that her father laughed a little and pulled her ear.