"I'll do anything you like, so long as it isn't wrong—Yes, I promise not to repeat it to any one, without your leave, unless it is something that I ought to speak out about for somebody else's sake. And then you must give me leave."
His hand came over her mouth. "But it isn't! It isn't! It won't hurt anybody, except you."
"Oh, then that does not matter. I can't have much more to bear than I have had lately. What is it?"
"You promise not to tell?"
"Yes."
"Promise faithfully!"
"So long as it is right."
"Not to tell Mamsie—"
"No."
"Or anybody?"