I remember--I shall never be able to forget--his reply.

'A little while ?' he said, 'and the claim for the title is to be heard next week.

I'm to postpone my claim for the sake of your mother, a -- --'" Sisily broke off suddenly, her white face flaming scarlet, her eyes widely distended, as though that last terrible scene was again produced before her vision.

Charles Turold watched her mutely, with the understanding that nothing he could say would bring comfort to her stricken soul.
She continued after a pause-- "I left him then.

I knew that I should never be able to speak to him again.