"But that marriage is a farce."
"Yes. I made it so.... But Oswald cares for me."
"Still?"
"Yes.... He is a very wonderful, generous, unhappy man; proud, deeply sensitive, tender-hearted, and loyal. I can not sacrifice him. He has done too much for my sake.... And I promised——"
"What?"
"I promised him to give myself as long a time as he wished to learn whether I could ever come to love him."
"Does he know you are in love?"
"No."
"What would he do if he knew?"
Stephanie began to tremble: