"Well, only the fact of Mr. Densher's possibly
himself keeping it up the fear of some final result
from that. 9

"Oh," said Susie, intellectually a little discon
certed " she looks far ahead!"

At this, however, Milly threw off another of her
sudden vague " sports." " No it's only we who
do."

"Well, don't let us be more interested for them
than they are for themselves!"

"Certainly not " the girl promptly assented. A
certain interest nevertheless remained; she appeared
to wish to be clear. " It wasn't of anything on
Kate's own part she spoke."

"You mean she thinks her sister does not care for
him?"

It was still as if, for an instant, Milly had to be
sure of what she meant; but there it presently was.
"If she did care Mrs. Condrip would have told me."

What Susan Shepherd seemed hereupon for a lit
tle to wonder was why then they had been talking
so. " But did you ask her?"

"Ah, no!"

"Oh! " said Susan Shepherd.

Milly, however, easily explained that she wouldn't
have asked her for the world.

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