Winefred was slightly softened.
She said, 'Have you consulted Mrs. Jose? She is every one's friend, and helpful to all in difficulties. But if she offers you the place of button boy to her relatives, I shall refuse to go to them.'
'You must dislike me vastly.'
'I hate you.'
She looked steadily into his troubled face, and, after a pause, added, 'And do not you hate me?'
'Well—I suppose I do. Perhaps so. Yes, of course I do.'
'As I do, most heartily?'
'Yes, most heartily.'