“I really must apologize, Miss Winter, to you, for my intrusion to-night. I hope your father will allow me to call on him.”
“Oh yes! pray do; he will be so glad to see any friend of my cousin's.”
“And if I can be of any use to him; or to you, or your sister—”
“My sister! Oh, you mean Mary? She is not my sister.”
“I beg your pardon. But I hope you will let me know if there is anything I can do for you.”
“Indeed we will. Now, Mary, papa will be worrying about us.” And so the young ladies said their adieus and disappeared.
“Surely you told me they were sisters,” said Hardy, as the two walked away towards college.
“No, did I? I don't remember.”
“But they are your cousins?”
“Yes, at least Katie is. Don't you like her?”