[The Danger Mark by Robert W. Chambers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Danger Mark CHAPTER XXII 13/17
I'm depraved enough to be glad for her--if it is really to be so." "I'm glad, too....
Only she ought to begin her action, I think.
It's more prudent and better taste." "You said once that you had a contempt for divorce." "I never entertain the same opinion of anything two days in succession," he said, smiling.
"When there is any one moral law that can justly cover every case which it is framed to govern, I'll be glad to remain more constant in my beliefs." "Then you _do_ believe in divorce ?" "To-day I happen to." "Duane, is that your attitude toward everything ?" "Everything except you," he said cheerfully.
"That is literally true. Even in my painting and in my liking for the work of others, I veer about like a weather-vane, never holding very long to one point of view." "You're very frank about it." "Why not ?" "Isn't it a--a weakness ?" "I don't think so," he said so simply that she tucked her arm under his with a soft, confidential laugh. "You goose; do you suppose I think there is a weak fibre in you? I've always adored the strength in you--even when it was rough enough to bruise me.
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