8/10 "I demand the truth of you: I have a right to know it. Don't you often wish you had never seen me ?" "You 're in a strange mood." "Don't put me off. Answer!" "To ask such a question," he replied quietly, "is to charge me with a great deal of hypocrisy. I did _once_ all but wish I had never seen you. If I lost you now I should lose what seems to me the strongest desire of my life. |