"And despise them, you would like to add. Pray don't scruple, though he is my friend."
"There! that is the exact tone in you, that"--she stopped short.
He listened for a moment to see if she would finish her sentence; but she only reddened, and turned away; before she did so, however, she heard him say, in a very low, clear voice,--
"If my tones, or modes of thought, are what you dislike, will you do me the justice to tell me so, and so give me the chance of learning to please you."

'And you despise them, you would like to add. Pray don't scruple, though he is my friend.'
'There! that is the exact tone in you, that-' She stopped short.
He waited to see if she would finish her sentence; but she only reddened, and turned away. He said in a very low, clear voice:
'If my tones, or modes of thought, are what you dislike, will you tell me so, and give me the chance of learning to please you?'
