guest in my own house." Oh, I grant you Margaret was in a temper now.
"It isn't that," he protested; "but I never see you alone. And I've
had something to tell you."
"Yes?" said she, coldly.
He drew near to her. "Surely," he breathed, "you must know what I have
long wanted to tell you--"
"Yes, I should think I
did
!" said Margaret, "and if you dare tell
me a word of it I'll never speak to you again. It's getting a little