“You need not have come at all.”
“Denas, stop: Listen to me. If you walk so quickly we shall be seen from the village.”
“I wish father to see us. I will call him to come to me.”
“Denas, what have I done?”
“You! You are a part of the whole. Your sister has taught me to-day the difference between us. I am glad there is a difference––I intend to forget you both from this day.”
“Will you punish me because Elizabeth was unkind?”
“Some day you also will change just as she has done. I will not wait for that day. No, indeed! To be sure, I shall suffer. Father, mother, everybody suffers in one way or another. I can bear as much as others can.”
“You are an absurd little thing. Come, darling! Come back with me! I want to tell you a very particular secret.”
“Do you think you can pet, or coax, or tell me tales like a cross child? I am a woman, and I have 105 been hurt in every place a woman can be hurt by your sister. I will not go back with you.”
“Very well, Denas. You will repent this temper, I can tell you, my dear.”