"Yes."
"She wouldn't come here; I don't believe it."
"I know it."
"How?"
"She told me."
"What was she doing, talking to you? Why, she won't talk to anybody. She——"
"You'll be late at Hallorans'."
"Aren't you coming?"
"No."
"But you said you would. I don't want to go if you don't. I don't half like to leave you here, you act so queer to-night. What makes you act so? What's eating——"