"He tells me, he repeated to you, what I said this morning about--," Mr. Thornton hesitated. Margaret took it up:
"About women not meddling. You had a perfect right to express your opinion, which was a very correct one, I have no doubt. But," she went on a little more eagerly, "Higgins did not quite tell you the exact truth." The word "truth," reminded her of her own untruth, and she stopped short, feeling exceedingly uncomfortable.

'He tells me he repeated to you, what I said about-' Mr. Thornton hesitated.
'About women not meddling. You had a perfect right to express your opinion, which was a very correct one, I have no doubt. But,' Margaret went on more eagerly, 'Higgins did not quite tell you the exact truth.' The word 'truth' reminded her of her own untruth, and she stopped short, feeling uncomfortable.
