Letty crept forward. “You’ve—you’ve done what?”
“I told you in the Park that one or the other of us would have to withdraw––”
“One or the other of—of us?”
“Exactly and I’ve done it.”
With horror in her face and eyes Letty crept nearer still. “But—but I don’t understand.”
“Oh, yes, you do. How can you help understanding. You must have seen all along that––”
“Not that—that you were—the other girl. Oh, not that!”
“Yes, that; of course; why not?”
“Because—because I—I couldn’t bear it.”
“You can bear it if I can, can’t you—if I’ve had to bear it all these weeks and months.”