It must have been a near thing." "It was," said Juliet soberly.

"They were to have been married to-day." "And she broke it off! That must have taken some pluck!" "But she didn't stay to face the music," Juliet pointed out.

"That was what I hated in her.

She ought to have stayed." "Was she afraid of him then ?" "Afraid?
Yes, she was afraid of him--and of everybody else.

I know that perfectly well, though you would never get her to admit it.