A little remorseful on the
following day, he added a word to his ordinary cap-lifting when she
went by, but she retained a reproachful silence. Later in the day, he
received from her servant a respectful request for an interview, and
was relieved to find that she entered his presence with no trace of her
former aggression, but rather with the resignation of a deeply injured,
yet not entirely unforgiving, woman.
"I thought," she began coldly, "that I ought to inform you that I
would probably be able to conclude my business here by the day after
to-morrow, and that you would then be relieved of my presence. I am
aware--indeed," she added, bitterly, "I could scarcely help perceiving,
that it has been an exceedingly irksome one."
"I trust," began Brant coldly, "that no gentleman of my command has"--
"No!"
She interrupted him quickly, with a return of her former manner, and a
passionate sweep of the hand.
"Do you suppose for a moment that I am speaking--that I am even
thinking--of them? What are they to me?"
"Thank you. I am glad to know that they are nothing; and that I may
now trust that you have consulted my wishes, and have reserved your
animosity solely for me," returned Brant quietly.
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