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I thought I would stifle my grief, or else perhaps you would be as wretched as I am: forgive me pray forgive me!" "On one condition," said Mrs. Dodd, struggling with the emotion these simple words caused her. "Anything to be forgiven," cried Julia, impetuously. "I'll go to London. I'll go to Botany Bay. I deserve to be hanged." "Then, from this hour, no half-confidences between us.
"On May 1st the boy arrived, that being the beginning of the summer term. He was a charming youth, and he soon fell into our ways. I may tell you I trust that I am not indiscreet, but half-confidences are absurd in such a case that he was not entirely happy at home.
She is surrounded with influences that are inimical to you, all of which, however, can be overcome if you will place yourself unreservedly in my hands, for, young man, I accept no half-confidences, nor do I ask for any fee. When the fortune is recovered and the maiden is your happy wife, then we will talk of payment for services rendered, and not before."
Greville received in the later years of his life were not unfrequently only half-confidences, for the sake of obtaining his opinion on some collateral point, or of flattering or pleasing him by the show of confidence.
"Did you come here, under the shadow of the gallows, to tell me this, Monsieur John?" "There shall be no more half-confidences between us, dear lady. I had my leave of General Morgan on the score of our need for better information of Lord Cornwallis's designs; but I should have come in any case wanting the leave, my commission as a spy, or any other excuse." "To tell me this?"
Our position in India has been made by the jealousies of the different princes and our political folks working them one against another. But there, you didn't come here to chatter politics. What is it? You have got something more to say to me, haven't you?" "Well er yes, sir," hesitated the lad. "Out with it, boy. Never play with your medical man. No half-confidences.
"D'Arcy, my boy, how do you like being turned into a young Turk?" said Mr Vernon, calling me up to him, after we had proceeded some way. I touched my mouth, and pointed to out escort. "Never mind them," he replied; "they are, I am assured, faithful to the backbone, and know how matters stand. There is little use of giving such men half-confidences."
Gravely arranging his embroidery, this extraordinary being began to work with the patient and nimble dexterity of an accomplished needle-woman. "Now," said Miserrimus Dexter, "if you are ready, I am. You talk I work. Please begin." I obeyed him, and began. WITH such a man as Miserrimus Dexter, and with such a purpose as I had in view, no half-confidences were possible.
For Ruth was as serenely unconscious of mischief as women can be at times, and fascinated him more than ever with her little demurenesses and half-confidences. She even said "Thee" to him once in reproach for a cutting speech he began. And the sweet little word made his heart beat like a trip-hammer, for never in all her life had she said "thee" to him before.
"'Arthur would rather that we spoke the truth, the girl answered firmly. "'You had best tell me all about it now, I said. 'Half-confidences are worse than none. Besides, you do not know how much we know of it. "'On your head be it, Alice! cried her mother; and then, turning to me, 'I will tell you all, sir.
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