I can't speak about it yet." "Are you ill ?" asked Blanche.
"I am a little nervous." "Has any thing unpleasant happened between you and my uncle?
You have seen him, haven't you ?" "Yes." "Did he give you my message ?" "He gave me your message .-- Blanche! you promised him to stay at Windygates.

Why, in the name of heaven, did you come here to-night ?" "If you were half as fond of me as I am of you," returned Blanche, "you wouldn't ask that.

I tried hard to keep my promise, but I couldn't do it.

It was all very well, while my uncle was laying down the law--with Lady Lundie in a rage, and the dogs barking, and the doors banging, and all that.

The excitement kept me up.