I do not see how we are to escape it.

Wherever we went, we should have to hide the truth, and surround ourselves with a tissue of lies, and that I cannot stand.

I would rather die." "Die ?" she exclaimed, and her eyes flamed up weirdly--"I am quite ready.

That is a way out of the difficulty.

Die--whenever you like; but live without you?
No, I will cling to you; no power on earth shall tear me from you.