10/18 If the worst comes--what ?" "Do not fear for me; do not let any memory of me turn you aside from your work," she said quietly. "I know what you mean and pledge you I shall never fall into his hands. It--it cannot be wrong, I am sure, and--and I must tell you that. I--I could not, Steven, for--for I love you." My eager hands were upon hers, my eyes greedily reading the message revealed so frankly in the depths of her own. |