WhenshedidthistoMackinnon，whowasmucholderthanherself，wehadbeenallamusedbyit，and，otherladiesofourpartyhadtakentocallhim\"Mackinnon\"whenMrs。Talboyswasnotby；butwehadfeltthecomedytobelesssafewithO\'Brien，especiallywhen，ononeoccasion，weheardhimaddressherasArabella。Shedidnotseemtobeinanywaystruckbyhisdoingso，andwesupposed，therefore，thatithadbecomefrequentbetweenthem。WhatreplyhemadeatthemomentabouttheheartofamanIdonotknow；andtheninafewminutestheydisappearedthroughthegapinthewall。
Noneofusfollowedthem，thoughitwouldhaveseemedthemostnaturalthingintheworldtodosohadnothingoutofthewaybeenexpected。Asitwasweremainedthereroundthetombquizzingthelittlefoiblesofourdearfriend，andhopingthatO\'Brienwouldbequickinwhathewasdoing。Thathewouldundoubtedlygetaslapinthefacemetaphoricallyweallfeltcertain，fornoneofusdoubtedtherigidproprietyofthelady\'sintentions。Someofusstrolledintothebuildings，andsomeofusgotoutontotheroad；
butweallofuswerethinkingthatO\'BrienwasveryslowaconsiderabletimebeforewesawMrs。Talboysreappearthroughthegap。
Atlast，however，shewasthere，andweatoncesawthatshewasalone。Shecameon，breastingthehillwithquicksteps，andwhenshedrewnearwecouldseethattherewasafrownasofinjuredmajestyonherbrow。Mackinnonandhiswifewentforwardtomeether。Ifshewerereallyintroubleitwouldbefittinginsomewaytoassisther；andofallwomenMrs。Mackinnonwasthelasttoseeanotherwomansufferfromill-usagewithoutattemptingtoaidher。
\"Icertainlyneverlikedher，\"Mrs。Mackinnonsaidafterwards；\"butIwasboundtogoandhearhertale，whenshereallyhadataletotell。\"