“Certainly I do, Sir.”
“And pray, Miss Woodley,” said he, “were those the sentiments which you have always entertained?”
Miss Woodley hesitated—he continued. “Or has this conversation altered them?”
She hesitated again, then answered—“This conversation has altered them.”
“And yet you confide in it!” cried Sandford, looking at her with contempt.
“Certainly I do,” replied Miss Woodley.
“Do not you then, Mr. Sandford?” asked Dorriforth.
“I would advise you to act as if I did,” replied Sandford.
“Then, Miss Milner,” said Dorriforth, “you see Lord Frederick no more—and I hope I have your permission to apprize him of this arrangement.”
“You have, Sir,” she replied with a completely unembarrassed countenance and voice.