“Know what? Does he threaten anything else?”
“Yes,” came with a suppressed sob.
“What?”
“I dare not tell you. Yes, I must. I came on purpose to-night. Just when I felt that I would stay by him and not break his heart by doing what he does not want.”
“Talk sense, silly. People’s hearts don’t break. Only horses’, if you ride them too hard.”
Judith uttered a low sob.
“Well, what does he say?”
“That you are the cause of all his trouble, and that you shall make amends, or—”
“Or what?”
“I dare not tell you,” sobbed the girl, passionately. “But, Rob, you will have pity on him—on me, dear, and make him happy again.”