"Yes—he has employed a man to watch you constantly from a distance. Not because he believed you would ever give him cause for divorce—to be fair to him, that has never entered his mind; but he wanted someone to watch over you, protect you—"
Virginia flushed; her heart was beating violently. In a low tone, she said:
"He has done that?" she exclaimed. "Then he has not forgotten me after all—"
The young man laughed.
"Forgotten you! I should think not. You are never out of his thoughts. He won't admit it, but I know it. He loves you to-day better than he ever did."
"Then why, if he knows where I am, doesn't he come to me?"
Hadley clenched his fist. Vehemently, almost angrily, he answered:
"Because he's a fool. He said he wouldn't come to you until you sent for him, and he hasn't the moral courage to change his mind—he's afraid to be laughed at."
Virginia shook her head. Sadly she said:
"Then I'm afraid the breach will never be healed. If he is proud, I am not less so. I shall never send for him."