Of course I do not understand what all this means, Mr. McNeil, but I
have such confidence in Dexie's judgment that I join her in the request
that you will do nothing hasty, and throw the best years of your life away
because of this disappointment. Come, shake hands, you two, and make it up,
and let us join Mr. Sherwood in his room, or he will think we have shared
the fate of the Kilkenny cats."
Dexie held out her hand and Hugh clasped it in both his own, and, looking
tenderly into her eyes, said, in a voice so changed that it seemed to come
from other lips:
"Forget my hasty words, Dexie, if they have hurt you, and try to think of
me kindly sometimes. We would have been better friends if I had loved you
less. I give you up, though most unwillingly, for I cannot say now as I did
before that your heart has not awakened, for I see that it has, beyond a
doubt," and like a courtier of old he stooped and kissed her hand.
Gussie was full of curiosity concerning the interview; but when the little
group appeared in the room, their faces told no tales that she could
interpret.
Hugh looked more sober than usual, and listened to the conversation rather
than joined in it.
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