“I do not want any explanation, Captain Danvers,” she replied. “I have ceased to take any interest in you.”
“I hope not,” he replied; “I trust I may be able to exculpate myself!”
“You will find that rather difficult!” she said.
“Yet hear me, I implore you!” he entreated in such moving accents, that she could not refuse.
“First, let me inquire whether Mrs Calverley has sent you any special information?” he said.
“I have not heard from her for nearly a week,” she replied. “Indeed, I have not written to her.”
“Then you are not aware that all is at an end between us?”
“Your brother, Scrope, told me that the engagement was broken off.”
“Did he tell you it was broken off by me?”
“He did,” she replied, colouring slightly.