"
"Then in the name of love and heaven," I cried, "why do you look
at me like that?"
She trembled, evidently suppressing something with intense
effort, whether bitter laughter, indignation or a passionate
outburst I could not tell.
"You ask why?" she said, unsteadily. "Because you seem like the
angel of the flaming vengeance."
At these astounding words it was my turn to look amazed.
"Vengeance?" I echud. "What wrong have you done me or any living
creature? Come, my dear," and I moved nearer by seating myself
on the corner of the table, close to the type-writer, and leaning
towards her, "let us look at this thing soberly. If ever a man
had need of woman I have need of you. I can live alone no
longer. We must share one home henceforth together. We can snap
our fingers at the world, you and I. If you have anything to say
against the proposal, let us discuss it calmly."
Judith's slender figure vibrated like a cord strung to
breaking-point. Her voice vibrated.
"Yes, let us discuss it calmly.
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