"When my money was exhausted."
"I never dreamt!"
"What else was left for me?"
"Surely you knew that I'd provide for you?"
"I couldn't accept it—then."
"You'll accept it now?"
"I must think."
"I insist! I claim it as my right! You wouldn't torture me all my life with the thought that I'd driven you to——"
"Don't say it."
Rivière took her hand and bent to kiss it reverently. There was silence for many moments—a silence of deep sympathy. Elaine's flushed cheeks told Rivière more plainly than words what she was feeling.