24/41 "You fool," said he, "can't you marry him, and go on loving me? It is done every day, to the satisfaction of all parties." "And to their unutterable shame," said a clear, stern voice at their back. Walter Clifford, coming rapidly in, had heard but little, but heard enough; and there he stood, grim and pale, a boy no longer. These two skunks had made a man of him in one moment. They recoiled in dismay, and the woman hid her face. |