Charles led the way towards a little rushing brook which divided the gardens from the park.
"I think you must have had a very low opinion of me beforehand to say what you did yesterday," he remarked, suddenly.
"I was angry," said Ruth.

"However true what I said may have been, I had no right to say it to--a comparative stranger.

That is why I repeat that it would be better not to make matters worse by mentioning the subject again.

It is sure to annoy us both.

Let it rest." "Not yet," said Charles, dryly.