You have always insisted on truth and honesty before
anything----"
"Now I only insist," said Jimmy, "that Bridget shall become my wife."
At this Sybil grew reckless.
"Jimmy," she cried, "it is really quite impossible."
"Why?" he demanded.
"My dear, I scarcely like to say the words, but she knew Mark Driver
long before she knew you."
"Well, I hope she will see a good deal of old Mark in the future also,"
answered Jimmy. "You force me to break my word," said Sybil, with
considerable emotion. "Carrissima will never forgive me. I am sure
she won't. But I really cannot keep silence while you go to
destruction. I really can't. I promised I would never breathe a
syllable----"
"Would you mind," urged Jimmy, "breathing it quickly!"
"There has been an--an understanding between Miss Rosser and Mark from
the very first," said Sybil.
"Oh, you mustn't talk foolishness," returned Jimmy.
"Carrissima saw them----"
"What in the world did she see?"
"She happened to go to Golfney Place unexpectedly the afternoon before
Miss Rosser left," Sybil explained. "She saw the girl in--in Mark's
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