"What!"
"Fanny, you cannot understand," said the young girl, with a slight blush; "I hope, if you are my real friend, as you say, that you will talk with Verty, when he comes, and make his time pass agreeably."
Redbud's head sank.
Fanny gazed at her for a moment in silence, and with a puzzled expression, said:
"What has happened, Reddy, between you and Verty—anything?"
"Oh, no."
"You are blushing! Something must have happened."
"Fanny—" murmured Redbud, and then stopped.
"Have you quarreled? You would'nt explain that scene in the parlor the other day, when I made him tie my shoe. You have quarreled!"
"Oh, no—no!"