I cannot have you in my house, if you are deceitful and insincere.

I stand by my offer; I will listen willingly to your story, and judge you most leniently.

I don't really believe you _are_ up to anything wrong.

But a secret is always mysterious and I hold that you are too young and inexperienced to have secrets from your elders." "I have nothing to confess or confide, Cousin William," said Azalea, putting on a haughty air.

"I refuse to be accused of wrong-doing, when I am not guilty of it,--and I will bring my visit here to an end at once! I will leave to-morrow!" "Oh, pshaw, Zaly, don't go off so suddenly!" Farnsworth laughed lightly, for he had said a little more than he meant to, and he realised, too, that this was neither the time nor the place to have such a serious talk with the girl.
"Come along now, and have tea with us all in the tea-house," he said.
"Forget your bad, cruel cousin's scoldy ways, and as to the mysterious man, I'll trust your word that he's all right." "Oh, thank you, Cousin!" Azalea fairly beamed now.