"I know what I am going to do to her when I see her again," he said.
"Don't do anything stupid," Katharine said. "It isn't worth while."
"What will Professor Thornton do to her?" Willy asked slowly, after a pause.
"I could not say," replied Katharine quietly. "Probably nothing."
"Haven't you seen him lately?" Willy asked.
"No," she replied, turning away from him. She could not bear to talk of Clifford, and yet she wished to make the effort in return for all Willy's gentle kindness.
Willy waited. She turned to him again with her old impulsiveness, and there were tears in her eyes.
"I think he did not care for me after all, Willy," she said almost in a whisper. "That is all there is to tell you."
"It would not be possible for him not to care," Willy answered; and this time it was he who turned away.