"Oh, no!" she said, but he saw in her eyes a constraint that boded him no good.

"She is a very sweet, very, very unhappy, good woman," he said, telling her about Anna, her occupations, and what she had told him to say to her.

"Yes, of course, she is very much to be pitied," said Kitty, when he had finished.

" Whom was your letter from?" He told her, and believing in her calm tone, he went to change his coat.

Coming back, he found Kitty in the same easy chair.