10/50 I implored him not to do such a thing--to pay any money rather than do it--but not to marry her! I begged him to think of you--and his father. But he said he was bound to her--he had compromised her, or some such thing; and he had given his word in writing. There was only one thing which could stop it--if she had told him lies about her former life. But he had no reason to think she had; and he was not going to try and find out. So then--I saw a ray of daylight--" She stopped abruptly, looking full at the woman opposite, who was now following her every word--but like one seized against her will. |