They had some right, while you have none, absolutely none, Lieutenant Galesworth--have you ?" "I--I hardly know," confused by this direct question, and the flash of her eyes.

"I supposed I had." "Yet with nothing but imagination to build upon.

Have I ever told you I did not care for Captain Le Gaire, or that I loved you ?" "No," I admitted, feeling myself driven relentlessly to the wall.
"I am not angry at you, for I understand how all this has occurred.

I believe you have been inspired by the highest motives, and a desire to serve me.

If I am angry at any one, it is myself.