12/21 I meant no harm to you, and the harm that I did you brought upon yourself. I would not have come here to-day if I had known you were here and that it would disturb you." "You could not have helped coming," said Lot. "I have been here since morning, and you have been here all the while." "Why do you talk so, Lot Gordon ?" cried Madelon, angrily, for Lot's covert meanings fretted her straightforwardness beyond endurance. You held up your skirts and stepped daintily. I went ahead and you followed, high-kilted, pointing your steps among the wet grasses like a dove. |