"Hush!" she said, "you mustn't talk like that."
"Is it wrong?"
"Yes—no! I don't know. I can't bear it!"
"You can do what you like with me."
"You don't mean that really."
"I do. I have longed to be able to give myself up wholly."
"Then be my brother, my dear brother."
Evan frowned. "You mean——?"
"Be my brother," she repeated. "I need your help."
"But—but how can I?" said Evan. "I am only a man."