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"And I'm dreadfully sorry to have vexed her--for
she was vexed with me for not staying at the Pavilion to-night, as I
promised. She was really quite cross."
"She will get over that--never fear," Carteret answered off the surface.
"Still it troubles me to have vexed her. I must have seemed so
unreasonable, making silly sounding excuses--because I could not explain
to her why I really wanted so much to go home."
"You find a limit to the dear lady's powers of comprehension or of
sympathy?" he asked, again off the surface.
"I suppose I must do so, because there are things it never occurs to one
to speak of to Henrietta."
"Whole cartloads of them," Carteret comprehensively agreed.
"And yet I don't know why."
"Don't you? Well, I think I do perhaps know why; and knowing, I must
confess to being not altogether sorry your confidences are restricted,
dear witch, in that particular direction."
The use of the pet name, though involuntary--possibly on that very
account--eased his fever.


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