Can you not see it ?" Her voice melted away in the tearful cadence.

But Nino stood gazing at her as stonily as though he were the Sphinx.

How could he have the heart?
I cannot tell.

Long she looked into his eyes, silently; but she might as well have tried to animate a piece of iron, so stern and hard he was.

Suddenly, with a strong convulsive movement, she flung his hands from her.
"Go!" she cried hoarsely.