"Tell me frankly and honestly the whole story of your life—"
"You believe me an impostor?"
"I love you—"
"And that is not enough?"
"No. Make suspicion impossible. You can do this—if you are innocent as I believe you are—"
She paused and a sob caught her voice.
"Oh, my love, it's killing me—I can neither eat nor sleep. Show me that such a thing is impossible—"
He took her hand.
"How foolish, my own, to ask this of me—we love right or wrong. Love is the fulfillment of the law. You call me here to cross-examine me—"
"No—no—dear heart—just to have you soothe my fears and make me laugh again—"