With a determined effort she freed herself:
"It's no use, dear, our love is impossible."
"Nonsense!"
"But you don't realize that my birth is shadowed by disgrace!"
"I don't believe it—I wouldn't believe it if an angel said it. Who dares to say such a thing?"
"Your father!"
"My father?" he repeated in a whisper.
"He has always known the truth and now that I am of age he has told me——"
"Told you what?"
"Just what I said, and warned me that marriage could only bring pain and sorrow to those I love."