"I did. I was beside you, but you were delirious with fever, and I was sure afterwards that what you said meant nothing."
"You were there? I often wondered about it, but dared not ask for fear of disillusionment. The dream was so dear!"
"And when you recovered, you never tried to see me!"
"I was fighting my big fight which I have lost," he returned recklessly.
"So I tried to teach myself to forget."
"And you couldn't?"
"Oh, no. It was too late!" she sighed happily.
"Blessed fidelity! and now you confess that you love me. Say it!"
"I love you!" A few minutes passed in silence while he demonstrated his transports of delight in true lover fashion.
"When you were angry with me over Elsie Meek's case, I went mad and did a succession of hideous things. How can you love such a monster?"