“For you, yes.”
“I who saved your life.”
“Yes, and then wrecked it.”
“You are a very beautiful wreck.”
“Thank you.”
“You have grown more beautiful since I saw you last.”
“My heart is not seen.”
“Then it is hurt, is it?”
“It was cruelly hurt, yes, and by you, as well you are aware, Silk Lasso Sam, the outlaw. But I got over the wound, the sting of dishonor of becoming your wife, and I shall bury the past in the grave with you. If I am bitter, seemingly heartless now, your cruelty made me so; but you did not destroy my whole trust in manhood, thank Heaven, and I may yet find new happiness in life.”
“In wedding Colonel Dunwoody?” sneered the man.