[The Wouldbegoods by E. Nesbit]@TWC D-Link bookThe Wouldbegoods CHAPTER 14 32/43
Then she said, 'I'm going to tell you something, but I want to put you on your honour not to talk about it to other people.
You see it isn't everyone I would tell about it.
He, Albert's uncle, I mean, has told me a lot about you, and I know I can trust you.' We said 'Yes', Oswald with a brooding sentiment of knowing all too well what was coming next. The lady then said, 'Though I am not Albert's uncle's grandmother I did know him in India once, and we were going to be married, but we had a--a--misunderstanding.' 'Quarrel ?' Row ?' said Noel and H.O.at once. 'Well, yes, a quarrel, and he went away.
He was in the Navy then.
And then...
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