So! Sit there, and I'll sit opposite to you." She did as she said, seating herself over against me, although quite close.

She looked me in the face.

Presently she gave a little sigh.
"Won't you leave me now ?" she asked with a plaintive smile.
I shook my head, but made no other answer.
"I'm sorry," she went on softly, "that I came to Hatchstead; I'm sorry that I brought you to London, that I met you in the Lane, that I brought you here to-day.

I didn't guess your folly.

I've lived with players, and with courtiers, and with--with one other; so I didn't dream of such folly as yours.