"I can't explain. At present I don't understand myself; but I shall--I know I shall. Only I'm afraid."
"Afraid! Sweetheart, don't talk like that! You make me feel as if I had done something I oughtn't to have done."
"You have done nothing. Still I wish you hadn't introduced me. I asked you not to."
"But, Meg! the whole thing was your own proposition; the whole idea was yours from first to last."
"Yes, I know; but then I didn't understand."
"What didn't you understand?"
"I hadn't seen her."
"You hadn't seen her? Meg, have you ever seen Mrs. Lamb before?"
"Never."
"Has she ever seen you?"