"About me, I'll warrant," shrewdly.
"Yes," shamefacedly.
"You knew he was engaged to me, then?"
"Yes; he told me so."
"And you knew the engagement was broken this morning?"
"Yes, but——"
"Well, there is nothing to quarrel about. Tell me, now, honestly, do you love him very much?"
"More than anything under the sun," said Emily, burying her face on Josephine's shoulder; "don't you love him yourself?"
"I? Not a bit," laughed the older girl. "Oh, I mean, yes, of course, a great deal. I like and admire him immensely; but, you see, I happen to love—somebody else."
"I don't understand how you could love anybody else after having been engaged to Richard. Are you sure you don't?" ingenuously.