13/17 Did you think such swash-buckling was going to win my heart? You wanted a slave, a servant, not a companion, and it is not in Mortimer blood to yield to every whim, to every crack of the whip. I never loved you, never confessed I did. I tried to be obedient, endeavored to like you to please my father, but this past winter has so thoroughly revealed your real character that I will pretend no longer." "My character! We have known each other from childhood. I know well enough what has made the difference in you." "Indeed!" "Yes, indeed; it's that damned Continental spy." "It has been some one all along according to your theory--any gentleman who has shown me ordinary kindness. |