As soon as the front door was closed behind him she rang the bell and begged Ruby to ask Mrs. Pipkin to come to her. "Mrs. Pipkin," she said, as soon as the woman had entered the room; "everything is over between me and Mr. Montague." She was standing upright in the middle of the room, and as she spoke there was a smile on her face.
"Lord a' mercy," said Mrs. Pipkin, holding up both her hands.
"As I have told you that I was to be married to him, I think it right now to tell you that I'm not going to be married to him."
"And why not?--and he such a nice young man,--and quiet too."
"As to the why not, I don't know that I am prepared to speak about that. But it is so. I was engaged to him."
"I'm well sure of that, Mrs. Hurtle."

As soon as the front door was closed behind him she rang the bell and begged Ruby to ask Mrs. Pipkin to come to her.
"Mrs. Pipkin," she said, as soon as the woman had entered the room; "everything is over between me and Mr. Montague." She was standing upright in the middle of the room, and as she spoke there was a smile on her face.
"Lord a' mercy," said Mrs. Pipkin, holding up both her hands.
"As I have told you that I was to be married to him, I think it right now to tell you that I'm not going to be married to him."
"Why not? and he such a nice young man, and quiet too."
"As to the why not, I don't know that I am prepared to speak about that. But