“Well—no,” he answered softly, as he kept on taking up and laying down his papers in different order.
“Mr Trevithick!”
“Pray, give me time, Miss Dillon,” he protested. “The fact is I have heard very important news this morning.”
“Of course you have. You mean about my cousin’s approaching marriage.”
“Then it is true?”
“Of course it is.”
Trevithick sighed.
“Well, Mr Trevithick, is that all?”
“No, madam, I may say that I am very sorry.”
“Well, is that all?” cried Mary, impatiently.