“You could not.”

“What for?”

“Do you suppose she would leave a modiste for—you?”

“I wonder where Aspatria is!”

“Go and find out.”

“Sarah, who is the young lady I saw in your carriage?”

“She is the sister of the officer you saw me with, the man I am going to marry.”

“Where did you meet him?”

“At a friend’s house.”

“Where did you meet her?”