"I regarded it as a constitutional.

But the attractive woman, though she liked me a little, weighed the pros and cons exactly as I had done, and decided not to take her constitutional in my impecunious company.

She refused me when I was poor, and _now_--now that I am rich--she is willing." The harsh voice ceased suddenly.

Magdalen looked for a moment at the savage, self-tortured face, and her heart bled.
"That is how I have treated you," he said, choking with passion.

"Now you know the truth of me--for the first time.