`` Well , Ede , I did go down , but I thought I was n't particularly wanted , so I came back . '' Edith faced her friend in dismay , forgetful of swollen lids and tear-stained cheeks . `` Katherine ! '' `` Do n't look so conscience stricken , my dear child . There is no harm done . '' `` You heard -- '' `` Some surprising speeches . So you and Ned have gone and fallen in love with one another ? '' `` Oh , Katherine , '' sobbed Edith , `` we -- we -- could n't help it -- but it 's all over . Oh , do n't be angry with me ! '' `` Angry ? My dear , I 'm delighted . '' `` Delighted ? '' `` Yes , you dear goose . Ca n't you guess , or must I tell you ? Sidney and I did the very same , and had just such a melancholy parting last night as I suspect you and Ned had tonight . '' `` Katherine ! '' `` Yes , it 's quite true . And of course we made up our minds to sacrifice ourselves on the altar of duty and all that . But now , thank goodness , there is no need of such wholesale immolation . So just let 's forgive each other . ''
`` Oh , '' sighed Edith happily , `` it is almost too good XXXXX be true . ''
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