“Don't you think it unwise of you to see so much of him?” asked Virginia abruptly.
“Why is it unwise?” demanded Anna, who was instantly on the defencive.
“It will make talk,” urged Virginia gently.
“Anything will make that;” Anna said. “I'm sure I'm careful, I see almost no one, I go nowhere! I don't know what more you can ask of me, Virginia.”
“But the doctor comes here very frequently, does he not?”
“Dear me!” said Anna fretfully. “One can hear most anything if one will only listen.”
“Of course, I know it's the merest gossip—you couldn't—” she broke off abruptly.
Anna elevated her eyebrows. “I don't see why any one should say anything; he calls occasionally, he is interested in—”
“Interested, dear, in you?” questioned Virginia.
“Oh, dear, no! In my spiritual welfare,” she dropped her eyes prettily.