There was no treason in her act, Major, only she felt sympathy toward me." "But she permitted your attack on the man." "She knew nothing of it, until it was all over with." I hesitated, but why should I?
Surely he must already begin to perceive the truth.

"That she should have left him lying there until I was safely across the river is the only act which tells hard against Le Gaire.

No woman could have done that, Major Hardy, if she really loved the wounded man." He did not reply, evidently endeavoring to realize all my meaning.
"This is where you have made your mistake," I went on convincingly.
"Nothing is holding your daughter to Le Gaire but her promise.

I was obliged to overhear their conversation after you left, and he appealed to her pride, to the honor of the Hardys, in order to gain her consent to the marriage.

She told him she no longer loved him, that he was not the man she had supposed him to be--actually begged for release.