But after reflecting upon it, I chose to go and see for myself.

And when I _had_ seen for myself, I wished to remind you of that past which you seemed to have forgotten." "Curse on Tom!" he exclaimed.

"He shall smart for this mischief." "Don't be so unmanly as to punish a poor servant for mentioning a piece of news that interested the whole plantation, and which must of course be a matter of notoriety," she replied very quietly.

"Both he and Tulee were delicate enough to conceal it from me." Fitzgerald felt embarrassed by her perfect self-possession.

After a slight pause, during which she kept her face averted from him, he said: "I confess that appearances are against me, and that you have reason to feel offended.