What a brave part she was playing in life, in spite of her prim looks and methodical ways.

Hetty was completely carried away by the sight of her suffering, and could no longer contain her secret.

She forgot Mark's warning looks, and his sovereign contempt, always freely expressed, for those who would blab; and she said in a low eager voice: "Oh, Miss Davis, I _must_ tell the truth.

It was all a trick of me and Mark.

He made it up out of his head, without really knowing anything about your people.