34/56 But my heart was hot and I was sick and trembling and I rode so recklessly that it was a wonder I ever reached home." "My dear Jane, I think--" "Nay, John, I do not want you to express any opinion on the subject. I should not respect you if you said your mother could do wrong, and I do not wish to hear you say she did right. I only want you to understand why I refuse to go to Hatton Hall any more." "Do not say that, Jane. I am sure mother was conscious of no feeling but a desire to do good." "I do not like her way of doing good. I will not voluntarily go to receive it. |