"Yes; he is disagreeable. I didn't come down to see him, I can tell you. But when I heard that you were going to be here with the Longestaffes, I determined to come at once. I wonder whether you are glad to see me?"
"I don't know," said Marie, who could not at once find that brilliancy of words with which her imagination supplied her readily enough in her solitude.
"Do you remember what you said to me that evening at my mother's?"
"Did I say anything? I don't remember anything particular."

"Yes; I didn't come to see him, I can tell you. But when I heard that you were going to be here, I determined to come at once. I wonder whether you are glad to see me?"
"I don't know," said Marie, who could not immediately find those brilliant words which her imagination supplied in solitude.
"Do you remember what you said to me that evening at my mother's?"
"Did I say anything? I don't remember anything particular."
