To be honest with you, I came to make sure that you hadn't changed your mind." "And why should I change my mind ?" "You might be angry with me," he said, "for interfering in your concerns the night before last." "Perhaps I am," she remarked, indifferently.
"Do you wish to withdraw from your promise ?" he asked.
"I really haven't thought much about it," she replied, carelessly.
"By-the-bye, have you seen Beatrice lately ?" "We agreed, I think," he reminded her, "that we would not talk about your sister." She looked at him over her shoulder.
"I do not remember that I agreed to anything of the sort," she declared.
"I think it was you who laid down the law about that.

As a matter of fact, I think that your silence about her is very unkind.

I suppose you have seen her ?" "Yes, I have seen her," Tavernake admitted.
"She continues to be tragic," Elizabeth asked, "whenever my name is mentioned ?" "I should not call it tragic," Tavernake answered, reluctantly.

"One gathers, however, that something transpired between you before she left, of a serious nature." She looked at him earnestly.
"Really," she said, "you are a strange, stolid young man.

I wonder," she went on, smiling into his face, "are you in love with my sister ?" Tavernake made no immediate response, only something flashed for a moment in his eyes which puzzled her.
"Why do you look at me like that ?" she demanded.