Good-morning!" Miss Wilson was suddenly moved not to let him go without an appeal to his better nature.

"Mr.Trefusis," she said, "excuse me, but are you not, in your generosity to others a little forgetful of your duty to yourself; and--" "The first and hardest of all duties!" he exclaimed.

"I beg your pardon for interrupting you.

It was only to plead guilty." "I cannot admit that it is the first of all duties, but it is sometimes perhaps the hardest, as you say.

Still, you could surely do yourself more justice without any great effort.