"And then?"
"Then I knew all of a sudden that he was mistaken; that if it had been true once, it was true no longer. I told him so."
"Told him!" echoed her husband.
"I told him. He will make that mistake no more."
"Then, pray, why did you not tell the person most concerned?"
"I could not. I thought you must find it out of yourself."
"How did he take your communication?"
"Basil—human nature is a very strange thing! I think, do you know?—I think he was sorry."
"Poor fellow!" said Basil.
"Can you understand it?"