'Obstinacy is one of my faults.' 'It is.' Their eyes met.
'I believe,' continued Rhoda, 'that I ought to ask your pardon.

Right or wrong, I behaved in an unmannerly way.' 'Yes, I think you did.' Rhoda smiled, bending her head to the rebuke.
'And there's the last of it,' added Miss Barfoot.

'Let us kiss and be friends.'.