Part 77 (1/2)

”Is it not?”

He bowed his head

”It is--it is And if so, I implore--I conjure you to tellI am not one who can be cast down merely by bad news”

”I may tell you soon”

”Say you will”

”I will,” said Langhetti, after a struggle

”When?”

”Soon”

”Why not to-morrow?”

”That is too soon; you are iht I not to be so? Have you not said that this concerns ination aroused in the endeavor to form a conjecture as to what it hetti was moved, and looked still more undecided

”When will you tell me?”

”Soon, perhaps,” he replied, with some hesitation

”Why not now?”

”Oh no, I s”

”To-morrow, then”

He hesitated

”Yes,” said she; ”it must be to-morrow If you do not, I shall think that you have little or no confidence in hetti was silent

”I shall expect it to-hetti still continued silent

”Oh, very well; silence gives consent!” said she, in a lively tone

”I have not consented”