Lady Jim hesitated. "You do not ask me why I requested you to relate it," she said at last.
"Your wish is a command. A command is never questioned."
"I might wish you to do something that you might question."
"Ah, no--believe me!"
"Don't jump in the dark," said Leah, with a hard little laugh; "by the way, this woman, for whom you ventured so much----"
"It was a man, madame."
"David and Jonathan in Crim Tartary, I suppose. They say," she gave a conscious laugh, "that a man would venture farther for a woman than for one of his own sex. You, I resume, are an exception."
"Madame, one does some things for friendship, but all things for love."
Leah glanced at the pale face beside her with a smile, and saw that the dark eyes were full of fire, "You are romantic."
"As is every man, when he loves, madame."