“But not such danger as you! You may still be found out. And then——”
He sickened as he saw her again in last night’s danger, with this time no rescue for her. “I cannot bear to think of that!” he cried desperately. “Sonya, come with me to America!”
“That’s what my heart wants most of all to do,” said she.
He caught her hands in joy. “Then you will come?”
Her face grew gray with pain, and she sighed.
“If I only could!”
“You can!”
She slowly shook her head.
“I cannot, dear. If my country were happy, I would. Ah, but I would! But at the time of my country’s agony, I cannot think first of my own happiness. I cannot desert her in the time of her distress.”
“Then I will stay with you!” he cried. “I’ll stay with you, and help you!”