"What was it?" Dolly asked.
"Said I was a brave fellow, I believe."
"I am sure I think that was true."
"Do you? It is harder to be false than true, Dolly."
"All the same, it takes bravery sometimes to be true."
"So Christina seemed to think. I believe I said nothing; and she went on, and added she thought I had done right, and she was much obliged to me."
"That was like Christina," said Dolly.
"'But you are bold,' she said again, 'to tell me!'
"I assured her I had not been bold at all, but very cowardly.
"'What do you expect people will say?'