either; and I shouldn't like her to think—\"
\"Of course not. But aren't you, after all, the person to do it?\"
She pondered on this. \"If I'd done it at the right time, yes: but now that there's been a delay I think you must explain that I'd asked you to tell her at the Opera, before our speaking about it to everybody here. Otherwise she might think I had forgotten her. You see, she's one of the family, and she's been away so long that she's rather—sensitive.\"
either; and I shouldn't like her to think—\"
\"Of course not. But aren't you, after all, the person to do it?\"
She pondered on this. \"If I'd done it at the right time, yes: but now that there's been a delay I think you must explain that I'd asked you to tell her at the Opera, before our speaking about it to everybody here. Otherwise she might think I had forgotten her. You see, she's one of the family, and she's been away so long that she's rather—sensitive.\"
