"Then I will say good-morning. I dislike talking to those who do not comprehend me."
She rose and moved towards the door.
"Hester! Hester!"
She turned round again.
"Stay a moment.—Sit down again. There, now let us talk over matters quietly."
"Begin. What have you to say?"
"I found you in tears just now."
"You did; what then?"
She said this so angrily, that he was forced to pause a moment, and change his tone to say,—
"I wish—as a friend—my love prompts me to ask the cause of those tears?"