100/122 No, I won't dress and come out--even for you. _Je me deshabille--je fais ma toilette de nuit, monsieur--et je vais maintenant m'agenouiller et faire ma priere. Donc--bon soir--et bonne nuit_--" And, too low for him to hear even the faintest breathing whisper of her voice--"Good-night. I love you with all my heart--with all my heart--in my own fashion." * * * * * He had been asleep an hour, perhaps more, when something awakened him, and he found himself sitting bolt upright in bed, dawn already whitening his windows. |