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I believe I should have done so, though I do
not know that it would have been the best way, or in accordance with
what you call my motto.'
'Well,' said Anne, 'if Dykelands has done such wonders for Helen, as
they say, I hope I shall make friends with her, if she will let me,
which I do not think I deserve after my ill-usage of her. Last time
I saw her, it was but for two days, and she was so odd, and grave,
and shy, that I could not get on with her, besides that I wanted to
make the most of my time with Lizzie.'
'I hope Rupert will not teaze her as he used to do,' said Lady
Merton; 'last time she was here, his teazing and her whining were
nearly unbearable.'
'Oh! she must have outgrown whining,' said Anne.
'I am afraid you cannot promise me that he has outgrown teazing,'
said Lady Merton.
'The one depends upon the other,' said Anne; 'if she does not whine,
he will not teaze. But had I not better finish my letter to him, and
tell him he must shorten his stay on the Border?'
'Yes, do so,' said Lady Merton; 'and tell him not to lose his keys as
usual.


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