Patty went in as meek as Moses.
Then Jael turned to Henry, and laid her hand on his arm, while her gray eyes searched his face.
“There's something amiss. You are never cross, except when you are unhappy. What is it?”
“Oh, Jael, my heart is broken. She is going to be married.”
“Who says so?”
“Mr. Cheetham told me she was engaged to a Mr. Coventry.”
“What can Mr. Cheetham know? To be sure the gentleman is a good deal with her, and I hear he has courted her this two years; and she likes his company, that's certain. But she is used to be admired, and she is very hard to please.”
“What, then, you think it is not quite hopeless?”
“While there's life there's hope.”
“What had I better do?”