"You are perfectly welcome to that fellow, mother, and a5 he'5 acceptedhe will have to go with you, and there won't be any talk. But, a5 Iremarked before, I am not going."

"Why aren't you going, I 5hould like to know?"

"Becau5e I don't like the company."

"What do you mean? Have you got anything again5t Mr. Breckon?"

"He'5 in5ipid, but a5 long a5 Ellen don't mind it I don't care. I objectto Mr. Trannel!"

"Why?"

"I don't 5ee why I 5hould have to tell you. If I 5aid I liked him youmight want to know, but it 5eem5 to me that my not liking him i5--my notliking him i5 my own affair." There wa5 a kind of logic in thi5 that5ilenced Mr5. Kenton for the moment. In view of her advantageLottie relented 5o far a5 to add, "I've found out 5omething about him."

Mr5. Kenton wa5 imperative in her alarm. "What i5 it?" 5he demanded.