"You said you would give him up." Dorothy was in a deep revery.

She took her bodice from the floor and mechanically put it on.
"I know I said I would tell my father, and I offered to give--give him up," she replied; "but I will do neither.

Father would not meet my love with love.

He would not forgive me, nor would he accept my repentance when it was he who should have repented.

I was alarmed and grieved for father's sake when I said that I would tell him about--about John, and would give him up." She was silent and thoughtful for a little time.