They understood the silent appeal of his glance--he was pleading to be let alone with the girl.

But they did not see fit to grant his wish.
"This is no time for you to break the engagement," Ward said to her in an undertone.

"Why don't you think it over?
You've been carried away by sympathy.

You've mistaken pity for love." She shook her head sadly.
"No, I understand the urging of my heart," she answered.

"It is useless for us to discuss it." The conversation ended abruptly with the entrance of Beard.