"But, Frank, you won't hear me."
"Not if you make objections; I have set my heart on your doing it."
"But I had set my heart on the same thing."
"Well?"
"And I went to Mary on purpose; and told her just as you tell me now, that she must come. I meant to make mamma understand that I could not be happy unless it were so; but Mary positively refused."
"Refused! What did she say?"
"I could not tell you what she said; indeed, it would not be right if I could; but she positively declined. She seemed to feel, that after all that had happened, she never could come to Greshamsbury again."
"Fiddlestick!"
"But, Frank, those are her feelings; and, to tell the truth, I could not combat them. I know she is not happy; but time will cure that. And, to tell you the truth, Frank—"
"It was before I came back that you asked her, was it not?"