“Let Pradelle take them.”
“No,” she said firmly. “It is time that we acted for ourselves. Will you go, or shall I?”
“But you heard what he said yesterday?”
“Yes, and I do not believe it. Come, Harry, for your own sake, for mine.”
“Yes, yes; but wait.”
“You forced me into this compromising position to help you escape from England.”
“I could not help it.”
“I am not blaming you; I only say act, or let me.”
He started from his chair, and stood there swayed by the various passions which pervaded his spirit.
“Harry.”