"As well in one word as in two."
"Promise me that you will never, by any circumstances, allow yourself to be drawn into what is called an affair of honour."
Mr. Carleton's brow changed, and without making any reply, perhaps to avoid his mother's questioning gaze, he rose up and walked two or three times the length of the cabin. His mother and Fleda watched him doubtfully.
"Do you see how you have got me into trouble, Elfie?" said he, stopping before them.
Fleda looked wonderingly, and Mrs. Carleton exclaimed
"What trouble!"
"Elfie," said he, without immediately answering his mother, "what would your conscience do with two promises, both of which cannot be kept?"
"What such promises have you made?" said Mrs. Carleton, eagerly.
"Let me hear first what Fleda says to my question."
"Why," said Fleda, looking a little bewildered, "I would keep the right one."