She has not yet spoken of you, nor have I ventured to.

What her attitude toward you may be I cannot guess from her speech or manner.
"Miss Lester told me that at first, in the complete nervous prostration, she seemed to have a morbid idea that you had been unkind to her, neglected and deserted her--left her to face some endless horror all alone.

The shock to her mind had been terrible, Garry; everything was grotesquely twisted--she had some fever, you know--and Miss Lester told me that it was too pitiful to hear her talk of you and mix up everything with military jargon about outpost duty and the firing line, and some comrade who had deserted her under fire.
"All of which I mention, dear, so that you may, in a measure, comprehend how very ill she has been; and that she is not yet well by any means, and perhaps will not be for a long time to come.
"To-night I had a very straight talk with Mr.Cardross.One has to talk straight when one talks to him.

There is not in my mind the slightest doubt that he knows exactly now what misguided impulse drove Shiela to that distressing sacrifice of herself and you.

And at first I was afraid that what she had done from a mistaken sense of duty might have hastened poor Louis' end; but Mr.Cardross told me that from the day of his father's death he had determined to follow in the same fashion; and had told Mr.
Cardross of his intention more than once.
"So you see it was in him--in the blood.