We know the story of the lady and her glove.

I can see you sympathize with her.' Rhoda laughed and went away, leaving Miss Barfoot with the impression that she had revealed a genuine impulse.

It seemed not impossible that Rhoda might wish to say to her lover: 'Face this monstrous scandal and I am yours.
A week passed and there arrived a letter, with a foreign stamp, addressed to Miss Nunn.

Happening to receive it before Miss Barfoot had come down to breakfast, she put in away in a drawer till evening leisure, and made no mention of its arrival.

Exhilaration appeared in her behaviour through the day.