`` Nonsense , '' said Millicent , looking rather sober , nevertheless . `` No harm was done . It 's only a good joke , Worth . '' `` Yes , harm has been done . I 've done harm to myself , for one thing . I 've lost my self-respect . I do n't blame you , Millie . It 's all my own fault . I 've done a dishonourable thing , dishonourable . '' Millicent sighed . `` The Alpha Gamma picnic was horribly slow , '' she said . `` I did n't enjoy myself a bit . I wish I had gone to Beechwood . I did n't think about it 's being a practical falsehood before . I suppose it was . And I 've always prided myself on my strict truthfulness ! It was n't your fault , Worth ! It was mine . But it ca n't be undone now . '' `` No , it ca n't be undone , '' said Worth slowly , `` but it might be confessed .
We might tell Mrs. Kirby the truth and ask her XXXXX forgive us . ''
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