22/23 I tell you all I know." "Do you tell me not to go ?" "I can't do that. I only tell you what I believe." "She said nothing of the sort ?" "No--nothing explicit." "Merely declined to listen ?" "Yes--but in a way." "My dear Eugene, aren't you deceiving yourself ?" "I think not. I think, you know, you're deceiving yourself." They looked at one another, and suddenly both men smiled. "I must tell you, old fellow, I go in confident hope. If I am wrong--" "Yes ?" "Everything is over! Would you feel that ?" Eugene was always honest with Stafford. |