\" he said, answering her look with a shy laugh. \"She scolded me for not giving you the news last night at the Opera: I had her orders to tell you that we were engaged—but I couldn't, in that crowd.\"
The smile passed from Countess Olenska's eyes to her lips: she looked younger, more like the bold brown Ellen Mingott of his boyhood. \"Of course I know; yes. And I'm so glad. But one doesn't tell such things first in a crowd.\"
\" he said, answering her look with a shy laugh. \"She scolded me for not giving you the news last night at the Opera: I had her orders to tell you that we were engaged—but I couldn't, in that crowd.\"
The smile passed from Countess Olenska's eyes to her lips: she looked younger, more like the bold brown Ellen Mingott of his boyhood. \"Of course I know; yes. And I'm so glad. But one doesn't tell such things first in a crowd.\"
