"You hadn't told her yet! You were keeping it from her to spare her, weren't you, Sube?"
"Yes, I was."
"That's just what I told mamma. And when we both called up and you weren't home yet, I just knew you'd gone down there to help. You had, hadn't you?"
"Why, yes, course I had."
"And now tell me all about how she is."
"I can't!"
"Why, yes, you can! I want to know all about it! Now tell me!"
"But I tell you I can't!"
"But you must!"
"Why, you know—you know—now, what I tole you about one minute, and the next?"