39/40 By this time Aileen was too ablaze with emotion to talk sensibly or understand what he was doing. "Let me go! I tell you I don't love you any more. I tell you I hate you!" She flung herself loose and stood erect before him. "I don't want you to talk to me! I don't want you to speak to me! You're the cause of all my troubles. You're the cause of whatever I do, when I do it, and don't you dare to deny it! You'll see! You'll see! I'll show you what I'll do!" She twisted and turned, but he held her firmly until, in his strong grasp, as usual, she collapsed and began to cry. |