But I don't think you're being quite fair to Diana.

You ought to tell her the truth." He wheeled round.
"No one knows better than you how impossible that is." "Don't you trust her then--the woman you're asking to be your wife ?" The tinge of irony in her voice brought a sudden light of anger to his eyes.
"That's not very just of you, Adrienne," he said coldly.

"_I_ would trust her with my life.

But I have no right to pledge the trust of others--and that's what I should be doing if I told her.

We have our duty--you and I--and all this.