"I do not deserve any thanks at all," Winifred answered. "I ought to be well scolded for [Pg 288] speaking slightingly of people whom I have just been visiting. I do not often do such ill-mannered things, and I should not have said it to any one but you."
Again Flint thrilled at the unconscious flattery.
"Will you come in to-morrow afternoon?" she asked, as he shut the carriage door.
"To meet Captain Blathwayt? No, thank you."
"The day after then."
"So be it—till then, farewell!"