"If I told you that," she confessed, with sudden frankness, "I feared you would not try to induce Mr. Merriwell not to play. Now, don't be angry with me, Inza! I know it was Rob's--I mean Mr. Marline's ambition to play full-back on the Yale team, and I wanted him to do so. That's all. Perhaps I ought to have told you in the first place. Do forgive me, dear!" It was not in Inza's heart to be unforgiving, and so the girls hugged each other, kissed and assisted each other in getting ready to go down and meet the visitor. They found Jack and Marline in the library. The Yale lad arose with difficulty. His crutches were lying on the floor beside the chair on which he sat. Paula blushed prettily as she shook hands with Marline, and then she presented Inza. Thirty minutes later, while they were chatting, there was another ring at the bell, and the servant brought a card to Inza. "Gentleman wishes to see you, miss." Inza looked at the card, turned pale, and then, her voice quivering a bit, said: "Tell Mr. Merriwell I will not see him!" CHAPTER XXXVIII. A BLOW FOR FRANK. "Eh? What's that?" exclaimed Miss Abigail, who entered the library just in time to catch Inza's words. "Frank Merriwell has had the impudence to call here to see me--as soon as this!" flared Inza, her face flaming. "Eh?" exclaimed Miss Abigail, once more. "Impudence?" "Yes--insolence! After he did not keep his promise to me!" Rob Marline was greatly interested, although he pretended not to notice what was going on. "Oh, well, dear," said the spinster, "you must not blame him." "But I do!" "You do not know the circumstances." "I know he broke his promise, and I know I'll never speak to him again as long as I live--never!" "You think so now, but----" "I shall think so always." "Don't be foolish, child! Mr. Merriwell is a splendid young man, and you----" "I will not see him! That is all." Then Inza again instructed the servant to tell Mr. Merriwell that she would not see him. "If you won't see him, I will," said Miss Abigail. "Is he in the parlor? I'll go to him." "Now, aunt!" cried Inza, catching her arm, "you need not try to fix anything up. He broke his promise to me, and I said I'd never speak to him again. I meant it! He may just stay away, for I don't want to see him. Tell him so for me." "All right, I will, but I'm going to tell him you're all fluttered, and don't know what you're talking about." So Miss Gale went to see Frank in the parlor, while Inza remained in the library. Paula was not hard-hearted, for all that she had declared she hated Frank Merriwell, and, when she saw Inza was in earnest about not seeing Frank, she drew her aside, and said: "Perhaps you had better see him. I don't want to be the cause of a misunderstanding between you." "Don't let that worry you," said Inza, with affected lightness. "I don't want anything to do with a fellow who cares so little for me that he will break a pledge the way Mr. Merriwell did."