"Oh, I do so wish that I knew the truth. I know nothing. Of course, Miss Carbury, I love him. I do love him so dearly! I hope you don't think I would have done it if I hadn't loved him better than anybody in the world. Don't you think that if a girl loves a man,--really loves him,--that ought to go before everything?"
This was a question that Hetta was hardly prepared to answer. She felt quite certain that under no circumstances would she run away with a man. "I don't quite know. It is so hard to say," she replied.

"Oh, I do so wish that I knew the truth. I know nothing. Miss Carbury, I love him so dearly! I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't loved him better than anybody in the world. Don't you think that if a girl really loves a man, that ought to go before everything?"
This was a question that Hetta was hardly prepared to answer. She felt certain that under no circumstances would she run away with a man. "I don't quite know."
