sofa，albeittohimitwasabankinabowerofenchantment。Thenshesaid，withadorablereproachfulness，\"Youdon’taskwhatIdidwiththebody。\"
Mr。EdwardBricestarted。Hewasyoung，andunfamiliarwiththeevasiveexpansivenessofthefemalemindatsuchsuprememoments。
\"Thebody——oh，yes——certainly。\"
\"Iburieditmyself——itwassuthintooawful！——andthegangwouldhavebeensuretohavefoundit，andtheemptybelt。IburnedTHAT。Sothatnobodyknowsnothin’。\"
Itwasnotatimeforstrictlygrammaticalnegatives，andIamafraidthatthegirl’scharacteristicallyfamiliarspeech，evenwhenpatheticallycorrectedhereandtherebytheinfluenceoftheconvent，endearedherthemoretohim。Andwhenshesaid，\"Andnow，Mr。EdwardBrice，sitoveratthatendofthesofyandlet’stalk，\"theytalked。Theytalkedforanhour，moreorlesscontinuously，untiltheyweresurprisedbyadiscreetcoughandtheentranceofMrs。Tarbox。Thentherewasmoretalk，andthediscoverythatMr。Bricewaslongdueattheoffice。