"And to please Justin?" There was an impatient note in his voice. "I have told him that he must not ask you again, Bettina."
"What did he say?"
"He didn't say a word." Anthony smiled at the memory. "He just looked at me as if he would like to punch my head, and turned on his heel and left me."
"Are you angry with him?" anxiously.
"He's angry with me."
"Oh, dear!" Betty sighed. "Sophie gave me a terrible lecture when I came home last night; didn't you, Sophie? And now you and Justin have fallen out, and I'm the cause of all the trouble. I'll go and look after Letty Matthews, and you can learn to love me when I'm gone."
In spite of the lightness of her tone, there was a quiver in her voice which brought both of them to her feet.
"My dear child——!"
"Betty dear——"
Bettina smiled at them with misty eyes. "Please let me go, and when I come back everything will be straightened out—and we'll all live—happy—ever after——"