“Why, Isabel, you couldn’t have him after——”
“No,” said Isabel; “but perhaps, Maud, I shouldn’t have had him before.”
“Of course you wouldn’t, dear. You saw his true character.”
“You never actually refused him, did you?” inquired Laura.
“No, not exactly.”
“Then what did you say?”
“What did I say?”
“Yes, when he asked you, you know,” said Laura, with a little smile.
Isabel looked at her suspiciously. “He never did actually ask me,” she said, with dignity.