“You came to hear me? I——”
“One likes to keep abreast of the times; to hear both sides——”
“And having heard both——”
“One forms one’s own conclusions.”
“And yours are——”
“Quite formed.”
“Anice!” exclaimed Standish impatiently, “nature never cut you out for a Sybil. Can’t you be frank? If you only knew what your approval—your good wishes—mean to me, you would be kinder.”
“There are surely enough people who encourage you and——”
“No, there are not. I want your encouragement, your faith; just as I had it when we were boy and girl together, you and I!”
“You forget, I am in the employ of Mr. Conover. As long as I accept his wages, would it be loyal of me to——”