"Through the front door."
"The front door was locked."
"I unlocked it."
"What did you go out that way for?"
"I didn't want to come this way."
"Why not?"
Ellen hesitated.
"Why not?" demanded Miss Fortune, still more emphatically than before.
"I did't want to see you, Maam," said Ellen, flushing.
"If ever you do so again!" said Miss Fortune, in a kind of cold fury; "I've a great mind to whip you for this, as ever I had to eat."