"And Myles and the farm?"
"Both flourishing abundantly, I believe."
"And to think the sadness on your face is solely of my bringing—yet you can welcome me after what I have done!"
She marvelled a little that he could speak of it
"Pray, Christo, do not harp upon that. None accuses you. How could such a thing be thrown as blame upon anybody? Fate so often uses the kindest of us to do her cruel deeds. 'Tis the height of her cynic fun to plan parts in her plots and make the wrong actor play them."
"I ought to have used common sense and kept away altogether."
"Common sense!"
"I know; but I found it in Australia. There was no excuse for me. Can he forgive me?"
"I have not heard him breathe so much as one hasty word since he has known. You do not understand him to ask such a question. He is above admiration. No woman ever had such a good husband. And the better I love him, Christo, the better shall I love you, for giving him to me."
"Good God! you mustn't talk like that, must you?" he asked with some flutter; but she regarded him calmly as she answered.