? ? ? ? I felt so grateful to Agnes, and admired her so! I saw those two together, in a bright perspective, such well-associated friends, each adorning the other so much!
? ? ? ? 'What ought I to do then, Agnes?' I inquired, after looking at the fire a little while. 'What would it be right to do?'
? ? ? ? 'I think,' said Agnes, 'that the honourable course to take, would be to write to those two ladies. Don't you think that any secret course is an unworthy one?'
? ? ? ? 'Yes. If YOU think so,' said I.
? ? ? ? 'I am poorly qualified to judge of such matters,' replied Agnes, with a modest hesitation, 'but I certainly feel - in short, I feel that your being secret and clandestine, is not being like yourself.'
? ? ? ? 'Like myself, in the too high opinion you have of me, Agnes, I am afraid,' said I.
? ? ? ? 'Like yourself, in the candour of your nature,' she returned; 'and therefore I would write to those two ladies.
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