“For what?”
“That I cannot tell you just at present.”
“Can you not trust me, Paul?” Scott asked sadly. “Have I not always——”
“Oh, please, do not ask that,” Paul said. “You have been more than a brother to me, more than a father, and—yes, more than anyone in all the world.”
“Then why do you leave me?”
“I must.”
“You must? It is strange. Are you tired of me, Paul?”
“Oh, no, no,” said Paul, becoming strangely excited.
“Then tell me why you leave me. If there is anything I can do, or anything which I have not done, let me know, and I will try to make amends.”
“There is nothing that I could desire that has not been done for me. Indeed, I do not think any other man in all the world would have been as generous as you have been, but I cannot stay longer.”