"You are impulsive, Frank, I am not; I weigh well what I do, fortunately for myself."
"Yet you did not prosper in this affair."
"No, because I did not take a woman's waywardness into consideration. I thought I had a right to count upon her regard, and I found myself mistaken."
"Explain yourself," entreated Frank.
"Will not to-morrow do? Here we are at home, and it must be one o'clock at least."
"I should sleep better if I knew it all now," Frank intimated.
"Well, then, come to my room; but there is nothing in the story to specially interest you. I loved her——"
"Edgar, you must be explicit. I am half lawyer in listening to this tale; I want to understand these girls."
"Girls? It is of Emma only that I have to speak."
"I know, but tell the story with some details; tell me where you first met her."