9/17 "I must not! And you--I had forgotten that too! To be here, Monsieur, is the worst office you can do me. You must go! Go, Monsieur, in mercy I beg of you, while it is possible. Every moment you are here, every moment you spend in this house, I shudder." "You need not fear for me," he said, in a tone of bravado. He did not understand. And then, wringing her hands, divided between her love for him and her fear for herself, "Oh, forgive me!" she said. |