You are endeavoring to deceive yourself, but the effort is useless.

You do care for me--that was why you waited for me to get safely across the river; that was why you have come to me now.

Ever since I left you in the grape arbor I have been in your thoughts." "And why I was also about to marry Captain Le Gaire, I suppose," she interposed defiantly, but with eyes unable to meet mine.
"I can comprehend that easily enough, helped by what I overheard.

You cannot tell me you desired to marry Captain Le Gaire--can you ?" "No," for I stopped, and thus compelled an answer.

"It would be useless to deny that." "I was so sure of this that I acted, took the one course open to me to prevent your doing this wrong.