"I never doubted you."
"Yes, you did. When I said good-bye to you before going to London, you made me promise never to forget how much I'd loved you."
"But it wasn't you I doubted then. I doubted fate, chance, God, anything you like—but not you."
She had recovered her self-control, and her voice was hard and even.
"Oh, don't, Janey!"
"Why not?—why should I spare you? You haven't spared me."
"You mustn't think I intended you to—to hear things in this way. I'd meant to give you an explanation first. But the news leaked out——"
"Well, you can give me an explanation now."
"I'll try—but it will be very difficult," he said falteringly. "You're like a flood to me—I feel giddy and helpless when I'm with you. I don't think I'll ever be able to make you understand. I wish you hadn't come like this—I wish——"