Then he discovered that Lettice was neither looking at nor thinking of him.
"I hope she won't get it out of Denis," she said. "I hope you'll be in time to prevent that."
The words were mild; the spirit, not so. Gardiner was shamed out of his self-absorption. He saw Lettice's love for her cousin, roused in his defense; and he saw, too, with her, Denis tricked into betraying his friend. Why, he would never forgive himself!
"My Lord, yes!" he said with unexpected gravity. "That would be a worse business than anything she's done or could do to me."
CHAPTER XIV A TWO-EDGED SWORD
He looked at her, as a lover can;
She looked at him, as one who awakes.
The Statue and the Bust.