He understood the allusion to their private conversation together easily enough; and felt that unless he let her have her own way without further contest, he must risk offending an old friend by implying a mistrust of her, which would be simply ridiculous, under the circumstances in which they were placed.

So, when his wife nodded to him to take advantage of the offer just made, he accepted it forthwith.
"Now, I'll stop his giving Mary a Hair Bracelet!" thought Mrs.Peckover, as she bustled out after young Thorpe, and closed the room door behind her.
"Wait a bit, young gentleman," she said, arresting his further progress on the first landing.

"Just leave off talking a minute, and let me speak.

I've got something to say to you.

Do you really mean to give Mary that Hair Bracelet ?" "Oho! then you did hear something at the card-table about it, after all ?" said Zack.