“No.”
“I want to see him. When you meet him next, tell him to call on me. Why has he not been here? Surely you are not keeping up your old quarrel?”
“What old quarrel?”
“I always understood that he went abroad on your account.”
“I never quarreled with him. Perhaps he did with me, as he has not come to see us since his return. It used to be so easy to offend him that his retirement in good temper after a visit was quite exceptional.”
“Come, come, my dear child! that is all nonsense. You must be kind to the poor fellow. Perhaps he will be at the Academy.”
“I hope not,” said Marian, quickly.
“Why?”
“I mean if he cherishes any grudge against me; for he will be very disagreeable.”
“A grudge against you! Ah, Marian, how little you understand him! What perverse creatures all you young people are! I must bring about an éclaircissement.”