"Yes, as you mean it, I could."
"Then—when?"
"Never!" The word rang clear, tensely vibrant with denial.
"Edith! What do you mean?"
Releasing herself she stood and faced him. "This," she said. "At the altar I pledged myself in these words: 'Until death do us part,' and 'Forsaking all others, keep thee only unto me so long as we both shall live.' Isn't that plain?"
"The law," he began.
"Law!" repeated Edith. "Why don't you say perjury, and be done with it?"
"Dearest, you don't understand. You——"
"I know what I said," she reminded him, grimly. "I said 'For better or worse,' not 'for better' only."
What of Miss Starr?