He took it, and held it; she went on, a little more hastily than before: "You know you were so good as to say you would go at once and see Miss Monro, and tell her all you know, and that I will write to her as soon as I can." "May I not ask for one line ?" he continued, still holding her hand.
"Certainly: so kind a friend as you shall hear all I can tell; that is, all I am at liberty to tell." "A friend! Yes, I am a friend; and I will not urge any other claim just now.

Perhaps--" Ellinor could not affect to misunderstand him.

His manner implied even more than his words.
"No!" she said, eagerly.

"We are friends.

That is it.