"Do you want to know one thing more? Do you want to know the truth, the real truth?"
"Gracious heavens, there is something more?"
"I never married her—never in God's world!"
He ceased and suddenly, not to be denied, the past ranged itself before him in its stark verity.
"She married me!"
"Is it possible?"
"She did!"
What had been an impulse suddenly became a certainty.
"As I look back now, I can see it all—quite clear. Do you know how it happened? I called three times—not one time more—three times! I liked her—nothing more. She was an attractive-looking girl—a certain fascination—she always has that—that's the worst of it—but gentle, very gentle."
"Extraordinary!"