10/15 If you felt strongly, it was for my sake. I wish to beg your pardon; I was hasty, I was wrong." On an occasion when she had first irritated and then surprised him, Randal Linley had said to Mrs.Presty, "You have got a heart, after all!" Her reply to her daughter showed that view of her character to be the right one. "Say no more, my dear," she answered "_I_ was hasty; _I_ was wrong." The words had barely fallen from her lips, before Herbert returned. He was followed by Sydney Westerfield. Her head sank on her breast; her quick convulsive breathing was the only sound that broke the silence. |