21/28 Ay, it means even more--" I hesitated, instantly realizing that I must not utter those impetuous words leaping to my lips. "What more ?" "This," I went on, my thought shifting into a new channel. Up to this moment my one dream has been to escape, but I must give that up now. You have placed me under obligations to serve." "You mean you feel personally bound ?" "Yes; not quite so much to your uncle, perhaps, as to yourself. |