"You would be willing to do that to insure Mr. Valchester's happiness—would you not?" asked Violet, quickly.
"I would do more than that to secure Ronald's happiness," Jaquelina answered, "I would give my life."
"Do you love him so well, then?" Violet asked, with actual pain upon her face.
"Yes," was the quiet reply. "I love him well enough to make any sacrifice for him if it could but secure his happiness. Can you tell me how to do so, Miss Earle?"
"Yes," said Violet. "Obtain a divorce from Gerald Huntington and marry Walter."
"Marry Walter?" Jaquelina echoed faintly. "What happiness could that give to Ronald?"
"It would leave him free to marry elsewhere. Now he has a foolish, Quixotic notion that honor binds him to remain single for your sake."
"And he would be glad to be free from that shadowy tie?" asked the prima donna, with white, pain-drawn lips.
"Yes," Violet answered, recklessly.
"Whom would he marry?" asked Jaquelina.