"That's well put in."
"Well, he looked quite respectable, and you know there are many Clergy within the Rules. Don't be too suspicious, Patty."
"Why, haven't I good Reason to be, Prue? Only it's all too late, now—Oh dear me!" And I groaned heavily.
"Yes, it's all too late now," said Prue rapidly, "and I meant no Harm, and we must make the best of it, and I feel a great Load off my Mind, now I've told you—"
"Why, you've only shifted it from your own Mind to mine! I don't feel at all obliged to you!"
"Well, perhaps poor Mother might say the same; so we had better not tell her."
"Oh, Prue, Prue! how one Sin leads to another! The Case is quite different. She has a right to her Child's Confidence."
"Why, you don't tell her Everything, do you?"
"What have I ever concealed?"
"That you care about Mr. Fenwick."