We rose.

And then--Meredyth--this is what she said: "'You swear to marry me ?' "'I swear it,' said I.
"'In spite of anything ?' "I gave my promise.

She put her arms round my neck.
"'What I've told you is not wholly true.

But the moral disgrace is there all the time.' "I took her wrists and disengaged myself and held her and looked at her.
"'What do you mean--not wholly true ?' I asked.
"My God! I shall never forget it." He stuck both his elbows on the bed and clutched his hair and turned his black glasses wide of me.

"The child crumpled up.