you and me?\" He echoed her words slowly, as though they were only half-intelligible and he wanted time to repeat the question to himself. She seemed to catch the uncertainty of his voice, for she went on in a deepening tone: \"Let us talk frankly, Newland. Sometimes I've felt a difference in you; especially since our engagement has been announced.\"
\"Dear—what madness!\" he recovered himself to exclaim.
She met his protest with a faint smile. \"If it is,
you and me?\" He echoed her words slowly, as though they were only half-intelligible and he wanted time to repeat the question to himself. She seemed to catch the uncertainty of his voice, for she went on in a deepening tone: \"Let us talk frankly, Newland. Sometimes I've felt a difference in you; especially since our engagement has been announced.\"
\"Dear—what madness!\" he recovered himself to exclaim.
She met his protest with a faint smile. \"If it is,
