If I could leave you in safety, in the care of friends, perhaps I should not hesitate--but now--" "Am I any worse off than the others ?" she interrupted.

"I, at least, have yet the chance of escape, while they remain helplessly in Kirby's clutches.

When--when I think of them, I no longer care about myself; I--I feel almost responsible for their fate, and--and it would kill me to know that I had dragged you down also.

You have no right to sacrifice yourself for such as I." "You have been brooding over all this," I said gently, "sitting here alone, and thinking while we worked.

I am not going to answer you now.
There is no need.