"I am afraid you might."
"Why do you think so," he returned, in a tone of pique; "have you charity for all, and none for me?"
"Because," said she, almost sadly, "I should be so, if, like you, I trusted solely to my own strength."
He was silent for a few minutes, and then he said, thoughtfully.
"I am afraid there is no one like you."
"Yes, thousands, who have shewn in the world far more brilliant examples of the truth of what I believe, who have died unheeded and unrewarded on earth."
They were here interrupted by Caroline, who trotted up to them, leaving poor Selina by herself.
"I wish," she said to Mabel, "you would let me have a canter on that horse; mine is such a stupid animal."
Mabel looked puzzled.