'I have.'
He spoke it significantly, and she understood him.
'Now, what would you say, Totty?'
'I should say, that I couldn't say neither yes nor no for certain, and I wanted to wait.'
'You're an honest girl. Shake hands, and let us wait another six months.'
Totty reddened, and inwardly reproached herself with complete meanness. But she was glad—and Luke Ackroyd was glad.
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE HEART AND ITS SECRET
Thyrza was not to be a boarder with the Emersons, nor did Mrs. Ormonde request them to make a friend of her. Nothing more was proposed than that she should rent from them their spare room, which was tolerably spacious and could be used both as bed-chamber and parlour. Her meals were to be supplied to her by the landlady of the house. The only stipulation with the Emersons was that she should receive her singing-lessons in their sitting-room, where there was a piano.