26/28 So perhaps, now, you won't say you're sorry you told me ?" "For God's sake, don't jest with me, my child!" said the doctor, putting a trembling hand on her arm. "Is anything--settled ?" "Do I ever jest when people are in earnest? I oughtn't to have said anything about it, only I knew how much you wanted her to be happy. And--she's going to be--that's all." The doctor was silent for a. |