With head proudly erect, nostrils dilated, and eyes that flashed fire, she exclaimed, "How dare you come here ?" This reception was so entirely unexpected, that it disconcerted him; and instead of the severe reproof he had contemplated, he said, in an expostulating tone: "Rosa, I always thought you the soul of honor.
When we parted, you promised not to go to the plantation unless I was with you.

Is this the way you keep your word ?" "_You_ talk of honor and promises!" she exclaimed.
The sneer conveyed in the tones stung him to the quick.

But he made an effort to conceal his chagrin, and said, with apparent calmness: "You must admit it was an unaccountable freak to start for the plantation in the evening, and go wandering round the grounds in that mysterious way.

What could have induced you to take such a step ?" "I accidentally overheard Tom telling Tulee that you were to bring home a bride from the North yesterday.

I could not believe it of you, and I was too proud to question him.