"I am sorry you did not say it."
"I am glad I did not, for you must know, Mr. Somers, that mother has scolded me so much for being saucy, that I have solemnly resolved to be proper in all things henceforth and forevermore."
"I am sorry for it," answered Somers, with unaffected earnestness.
"Sorry, you wretch?"
Somers laughed.
"There's another slip. I have done my best to reform my life. I am afraid I shall never succeed. Now, Prodigy—"
Somers laughed again.
"Again!" exclaimed Kate.
"I wish to ask one favor of you, Miss Portington."
"It would afford me more pleasure to grant it, than it does you to ask it. Name it."