"Of course he must come if he will," she said to herself when she received his note. "It can make no matter. He will say nothing half so hard to me as what I say to myself all day long." But when the morning came, and the hour came, and the knock at the door for which her ears were on the alert, her heart misgave her, and she felt that the present moment of her punishment, though not the heaviest, would still be hard to bear.

"Of course he must come if he wishes," she said to herself when she received his note. "It can make no difference. He will say nothing half so hard to me as what I say to myself all day long." But when the morning came, and she heard the knock, her heart misgave her, and she felt that this moment of her punishment would be hard to bear.
