She paused, frowning thoughtfully and rather sadly, then she said: “Well, for the last time, good-by.”
“N-n-no.... N-n-no!” he stammered.
“But it must be good-by, Ralph. I should only do you harm. Do not try to mingle your life with mine. You have ambition, energy, and such qualities that you can choose your path.”
She paused and said in a lower voice: “The path I follow is not a good one, Ralph.”
“Why do you follow it, Josine? That’s exactly what frightens me.”
“It’s too late to find another,” she murmured.
“Then it’s too late for me too!”
“No: you’re young. Save yourself. Fly from the fate with which you are threatened.”
“But you, Josine.... But you?”
“It’s my life,” she declared.