Still he spoke with no sensibility; she grew more at her ease.
"O'Shea wouldn't; and I couldn't control O'Shea.

And then we had to meet so often, that I could not bear that you should know I had worn a man's coat.

I had to do it, for I couldn't drive home any other way." Here a pause, and her mind wandered to another recollection.

"Those men we met brought us word that one of my friends was so ill; I had to hurry to him.

In my heart I thought you would not respect me because I had worn a man's coat; and because---- Yes, it was very naughty of me indeed to behave as I did in the water that summer.