Where are you going in such hurry?"
"That is a good joke. Why, did you not order me to the lakes?"
"Oh yes, for Julia's bracelet. I forgot all about that."
"Very likely; but it is not my business to forget your orders."
"Dear Walter! But, dearest, things of more importance have happened since
then. We have been insulted. Oh, how we have been insulted!"
"That we have," said Walter.
"And nobody knows the truth."
"Not yet."
"And our secret oppresses me--torments me--degrades me."
"Pray don't say that."
"Forgive me. I can't help saying it, I feel it so bitterly. Now, dear, I
will walk a little way with you, and tell you what I want you to do this
very day; and you will be a darling, as you always are, and consent."
Then Mary told how Mr. Hope had just shown her singular affection; next
she reminded him of the high tone Mr. Hope had taken with her father in
their hearing. "Why," said she, "there is some mysterious compact about
me between papa and him. I don't think I shall ever have the courage to
ask him about that compact, for then I must confess that I listened; but
it is clear we can depend upon Mr.
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