Why should you not, indeed?
No man would wish his sister to take the chances I have with an absolute stranger.

My only excuse is the seeming necessity, and the confidence I felt in my own strength of character.

I permitted myself to come South with you, knowing your purpose to be an illegal one; I placed myself in a false position.

In doing this I was actuated by two purposes; one was to save this property which had been willed to my husband by his father.

Do you guess the other ?" "No," I said, impressed by the earnestness with which she was speaking.
"You will tell me ?" "I mean to; the time has come when I should.