Marian, and yet there was something in the way she spoke that made me pity her with all my heart. I am sure my pity must have been sincere, for it made me bold enough to ask the poor creature to come in, and sit down in the boat-house, by my side.”
“Did she do so?”
“No. She shook her head, and told me she must stop where she was, to watch and listen, and see that no third person surprised us. And from first to last,
Marian, and yet there was something in the way she spoke that made me pity her with all my heart. I am sure my pity must have been sincere, for it made me bold enough to ask the poor creature to come in, and sit down in the boat-house, by my side.”
“Did she do so?”
“No. She shook her head, and told me she must stop where she was, to watch and listen, and see that no third person surprised us. And from first to last,
