"God alone knows how deeply I appreciate your friendship, how greatly I desire to retain it unsullied.

Perhaps I have not done right; it is not always easy, perhaps not always possible.

I may have been mistaken in my conception of duty, yet have tried to do what seemed best.

There is that in the pages of my past life which I intended to tell you fully and frankly before our final parting.

I thought when I came here I had sufficient courage to relate it to you to-day, but I cannot--I cannot." "At least answer me one question without equivocation--do you love that man ?" He must ask that, know that; all else could wait.
An instant she stood before him motionless, a slight color creeping back into her cheeks under his intense scrutiny.