"So, then, you won't go with me to the temperance meeting," she said, in a disappointed tone.
"I should like to do so, Jane," was the prevaricating reply, "but you see that it is out of my power, without breaking my promise, which you would not, of course, have me do."
"O, no, of course not."
"You can go, Jane. I will leave you at the door, and call for you when the meeting is out."
"No, I do not feel like going, now I should have enjoyed it with you by my side. But to go alone would mar all the pleasure."
"But surely that need not be, Jane. You know that I cannot be always with you."
"No, of course not," was uttered, mechanically; and then followed a long silence.
"So you will not go," Marshall at length said.
"I should not enjoy the meeting, and therefore do not wish to go," his wife replied.
"I am sorry for it, but cannot help it now, for I should not feel right were I not to comply with my promise."