"Oh! simply he has annoyed me by not joining in my praises of you. Like an old fool, I thought that every one would have the same opinion as I had; and he evidently could not agree with me. I was puzzled at the time. But he must be perplexed, if the affair has never been in the least explained. There was first your walking out with a young man in the dark----"
"But it was my brother!" said Margaret, surprised.
"True. But how was he to know that?"

'Oh! simply he has annoyed me by not joining in my praises of you. Like an old fool, I thought that everyone would agree with me, and he evidently could not agree. I was puzzled at the time. But he must be perplexed, if the affair has never been in the least explained. First, your walking out with a young man in the dark-'
'But it was my brother!' said Margaret.
'True. But how was he to know that?'
