"I shall not repine."
"Good! You will try to forget?"
"Impossible!"
"No; not impossible."
"I do not wish to, then."
"And why?"
"Wait and see."
"Madeline, you will do nothing rash? You will trust me, and confide in me?"
The girl raised her eyes slowly, in surprise. "I have not so many friends that I can afford to lose one."
"Thank you, dear; then we will let the subject drop until we are stronger. And here is the carriage, and Doctor Vaughan."