"Thanks!" came at length, and he stood up. "I must not pay a longer visit to-day."
"And this is all you wanted to know?"
"Yes, thanks. Of course you will not repeat this—this little talk of ours?"
"No, indeed. And I suppose I must not ask you one question in return. Would it be wrong? That impression—the impression Prue made upon you, all those years ago—I wonder if it has gone quite off? Do people change?"
"Some do!"
"I could not, if once I cared for anybody very very much."
"Nor I!" said Mr. Kelly.
She lifted her face to his, and said markedly—"Nor Prue!"
The light that broke over his face was very singular. Lettice had never seen anything exactly like it.
"Thank you very much," he said at length. "You have given me courage."