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Betty went in search of Harriet, and found her in a summer-house reading an innocuous French romance which her professor had selected. There was no place near by where Miss Trumbull might lie concealed, and Betty went to the point at once.
"Harriet," she said, "I am obliged to say something horribly painful -- if you want to marry any man you must tell him the truth. It would be a crime not to. The prejudices of -- of -- Southerners are deep and bitter; and -- and -- Oh, it is a terrible thing to have to say -- but I must -- if you had children they might be black."