"It means nothing at all."
"But it does not look well. I can see you think so.
"It may be a little imprudent, but you know Margaret is very impulsive. Shall we go down?"
"We will not disturb them."
"Don't look so stern, Mr. Laurence; you really frighten me."
"There is no cause for alarm. The moment Margaret convinces me that she is a flirt, I shall feel only contempt for her."
"I am sure she is not in fault," returned Sybil. "I never saw her encourage the slightest attention from any gentleman before."
"True—I had not thought of that."
He frowned, black and angry, bit his lip and reflected.
"You meant something then which I did not comprehend," said Miss Chase.