And--my thoughts have given me a wonderful happiness." "And I have been--in paradise," he replied.
"You do not think that I am wicked ?" "I could sooner believe the sun would never come up again." "Nor that I have been unwomanly ?" "You are my dream of all that is glorious in womanhood." "Yet I have followed you--have thrust myself at you, fairly at your head, Alan." "For which I thank God," He breathed devoutly.
"And I have told you that I love you, and you have taken me in your arms, and have kissed me--" "Yes." "And I am walking now with my hand in yours--" "And will continue to do so, if I can hold it." "And I am another man's wife," she shuddered.
"You are mine," he declared doggedly.

"You know it, and the Almighty God knows it.

It is blasphemy to speak of yourself as Graham's wife.

You are legally entangled with him, and that is all.

Heart and soul and body you are free." "No, I am not free." "But you are!" And then, after a moment, she whispered at his shoulder: "Alan, because you are the finest gentleman in all the world, I will tell you why I am not.