I know I have been indiscreet, that you might justly deem me an adventuress.
But I am not, Gordon Craig; I am a good woman left to fight alone, and I must have your faith, or break down utterly." "Why do you suppose you have not ?" I asked, grasping her hands in complete forgetfulness.

"We are together now in open fight against these villains.

There is no longer any purpose in acting a lie." "It was a lie ?" "A bare-faced one.

Never for an instant did I intend deserting you, or becoming that man's tool." "And you believe me--all I have told you; that I am really the wife of Philip Henley ?" "Yes," I answered through clinched teeth, struggling to control myself.
For a moment she sat in silence, and, while I dare not look at her, I knew her eyes were upon my face.
"Then I will do whatever you say, go wherever you tell me," she promised gravely.

"I cannot decide for myself.