"It is not my fault. I do not want to go to Monkshade. Lady Monk was my friend once, but I do not care if I never see her again. I did not arrange this visit. It was Plantagenet who did it."
"But he will not take you there if you say you do not wish it."
"I have said so, and he told me that I must go. You will hardly believe me,--but I condescended even to tell him why I thought it better to remain away. He told me, in answer, that it was a silly folly which I must live down, and that it did not become me to be afraid of any man."
"Of course you are not afraid, but--"

But I do not want to go to Monkshade. Lady Monk was my friend once, but I do not care if I never see her again. I did not arrange this visit. It was Plantagenet."
"But he will not take you there if you say you do not wish it."
"I have said so, and he told me that I must go. I even told him why I thought it better to stay away. He told me that it was a silly folly which I must overcome, and that I should not be afraid of any man."
"Of course you are not afraid, but-"
