A few days ago, I asked myself the very question you have just asked me, and I could not answer it.

Now I know." Pain and anger struggled in his face.

He was suffering, without a doubt, but for a moment it seemed as though the anger would predominate.

His great shoulders heaved, his hands were clenched until the signet ring on his left finger cut into the flesh, his eyes were like glittering points of fire.
"It is the old dream concerning Paul ?" he demanded.
"It has nothing to do with Paul," she assured him.

"Concerning him I will admit that I have had my weak moments.