"Do you know, Miss Bathurst," he said, "I have a suspicion that you are much too hard on yourself.

Of course I don't know what happened, but I do know that my brother is much more likely to have been in the wrong than you were.

The best thing you can do is simply to dismiss the matter from your mind.

Behave as if nothing had happened! Cut him next time! It's far the best way of treating him." Dinah smiled woefully.

"And he will spread himself at Rose's feet like all the rest, and never come near me again." Scott frowned a little.