"Why"—Cecille stopped suddenly—thought a little, and then said, "I do not know what could have made me think so,—only that I never saw Grace give all that she had in her purse as I have seen Clara do."
"Perhaps that is because Grace remembers what Clara seems sometimes to forget, that she has no right to give away that which belongs to another."
"Clara does not give away what belongs to another."
"Does not Clara's father allow her as much money as Mrs. Wilmot allows Grace?"
"Yes—just the same."
"Then how is it that Grace could pay you and Clara could not? If Clara has given away what should have been paid to you, she has given away what did not belong to her. In her generosity she has forgotten justice, while Grace seems to have remembered, 'to be just before she was generous.'"
The clock striking twelve interrupted our conversation, by reminding me that it was time to return home.