"What friend of mine?"
"Never mind that; it does not matter now."
"Do you mean my cousin George?"
"Yes, I do mean your cousin; and oh, Alice! dear Alice! I don't know why I should love you, for if you had not been hardhearted that night,--stony cruel in your hard propriety, I should have gone with him then, and all this icy coldness would have been prevented."
She was standing quite close to Alice, and as she spake she shook with shivering and wrapped her furs closer and still closer about her.
"You are very cold," said Alice. "We had better go in."

"Do you mean my cousin George?"
"Yes; and oh, Alice! dear Alice! I don't know why I should love you, for if you had not been stony cruel that night, I should have gone with him then, and all this icy coldness would have been prevented."
She was standing quite close to Alice, and as she spoke she shivered and wrapped her furs closer about her.
"You are very cold," said Alice. "We had better go in."
