"You can say that, and in spite of his message, which in itself tells how much I was to blame! It was my treatment of him, the epithets I cast at him that drove him.

So much he has told you.

I know it to be true." "You have no cause for shame," said he.

"As for your sorrow--why, if it will afford you solace--you may still count on me to do what man can to rescue him from this position." She caught her breath.
"You will do that!" she cried with sudden eager hopefulness.

"You promise ?" She held out her hand to him impulsively.