"You asked me about the Melmottes, and I was obliged to speak. You cannot think that I meant to offend you." They walked on in silence till they had reached the door leading from the garden into the house, and here he stopped her. "If I have been over hot with you, let me beg your pardon." She smiled and bowed; but her smile was not one of forgiveness; and then she essayed to pass on into the house. "Pray do not speak of going, Lady Carbury."
"I think I will go to my room now. My head aches so that I can hardly stand."

"You asked me about the Melmottes, and I was obliged to speak." They walked in silence to the door, where he stopped. "If I have been over hot with you, let me beg your pardon." She smiled and bowed; but her smile was not one of forgiveness. "Pray do not speak of going, Lady Carbury."
"I think I will go to my room now. My head aches so that I can hardly stand."
