'There must be someone who wishes to do him harm.

Adela, I don't believe _anything_ that people have said!' Even in speaking she was frightened at her own boldness.

Adela's eyes had never regarded her with such a look as now.
'Adela, my darling! Don't, don't be angry with me!' She sprang forward and tried to put her arms about her friend, but Adela gently repelled her.
'If you have promised to say something, Letty, you must keep your promise.

Will you say it at once, and then let us talk of something else ?' Letty checked a tear.

Her trustful and loving friend seemed changed to someone she scarcely knew.