"Will you forgive me, my dear Betty, for remarking that for the last twenty minutes you have done all the talking ?" "Is he badly hurt ?" She ignored my playful rejoinder.

I noted the fact.

Usually she was quick to play Beatrice to my Benedick.

Had I caught her off her guard?
I told her all that I knew.

She seated herself again on the piano-stool.
"I hope Mrs.Boyce did not think me unfeeling for not referring to it," she said calmly.