His business is to stay and comfort her.

Then, when he is at the rectory, what makes him pay her so little attention?
If he wasn't a born cad, somebody ought to thrash him for his rudeness.

If Lois had a brother!--But I suppose he does not know any better, and then Lois loves him.

Where's Helen's theory now, I wonder?
Oh, I suppose she thinks he is all right.

I'd like to ask her, if I hadn't promised aunt Deborah." Just here, Gifford heard the garden gate close with a bang, and some one came down the path, holding an umbrella against the pelting rain, so that his face was hidden.