Isabel turned away and for some moments answered nothing. "You acted very wrongly," she declared at last.
"I acted for the best. I only hope you acted as well."
"You＇re not the judge. I can＇t trust you," said Isabel.
This declaration was un昀attering, but Henrietta was much too unselfish to heed the charge it conveyed;she cared only for what it intimated with regard to her friend. "Isabel Archer," she observed with equal abruptness and solemnity, "if you marry one of these people I＇ll never speak to you again!"