“Read it!”
“Read it! I really can read, though it seems to astonish you.”
“But it is not published?”
“One can read in manuscript.”
“And did you see the manuscript?”
“I had a glimpse. Yes—I know more than Katrine thinks I know.”
“O tell me, Louisa; tell me all,” cried Cecilia.
“I will, but you must never tell that I told it to you.”
“Speak, speak,” cried Cecilia.
“It is a long story,” said Lady Castlefort.