"Not his wife! Who is his wife, then?"
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE PRICE OF SILENCE
"You are Robert Darcy's wife," he said slowly, trying to adjust his ideas to this altered state of affairs. Then, as some comprehension of the results which would follow this declaration dawned upon him, he continued:—
"Why have you told me this?"
"Because I need your co-operation, and you're the only man I know whom I can trust to keep the secret."
"I've given you no pledge to do so."
"Quite true, and I've asked for none; but I've misread you sadly, if you can't keep a still tongue in your head, when the advantage to all concerned by so doing can be made clear to you."