"And you came to see me," she continued. "You could have called on no one who would have been more delighted to see you!"
"You do me too much honor, Mrs. Merley," said he gratefully.
"Indeed," she returned. "I could not do you enough."
"I hadn't hoped for so much kindness, I am sure."
"But, Jean, you don't know how much I have thought about you in the last two years, and I have longed to talk with you!"
"Oh, really! But I thought I was forgotten by everybody in Chicago."
"You have never been forgotten by us. And especially have we talked of you in this last year...."
He was silent, though he felt he understood her reference.
"Some dirty sinner ought to be in torment!"
And still he did not speak.