"He never asked me to love him. He said he could do without that."
"... while ... you do love ... some one else."
She reflected before speaking. Under his piercing look she took on once more the appealing expression of forest creatures at bay.
"Even if that were true," she said, at last, "there would be no harm in it as long as there was what you asked me for at first—a special reason."
"Is there ever a reason for a step like that? I don't believe it."
"But I do believe it, you see. That makes a difference."
"It would make a still greater difference if I begged you not to do it, wouldn't it?"
She shook her head. "It wouldn't—now."
"I let you see yesterday that I—I loved you."
"Since you force me to acknowledge it—yes."