"I don't know whether I ought to tell you; but it would be a relief." "Can there be anything you ought not to tell me ?" he insisted tenderly.
"Perhaps, on the other hand, I ought," she said reflectively.

"It may help you to a proper definition of my character, and then--you may think less of me.

Yes, I think I ought." "Darling, for Heaven's sake don't talk nonsense!" "I had a letter--this letter--a little while ago, from Elfrida Bell." She held it out to him.

"Read it." Kendal hesitated and scanned her face.

She was smiling now; she had the look of half-amused dismay that might greet an ineffectual blow.