"I'm only a rough and ignorant fellow, a sort of wild beast, I dare say, not fit to touch the hand of a lady, and maybe a lady could never stoop to me."
"No, no, there's not a lady in all the world would stoop if she were to marry you."
"Then maybe I vexed you by finding my own advantage in your hour of need."
"No, you have behaved bravely with me in my trouble."
"Then, Greeba, tell me what has happened since yesterday."
"Nothing—everything. Jason I have wronged you. It is no fault of yours, but now I know I do not love you."
He turned his face away from her, and when he spoke again his voice broke in his throat.
"You could never think how fast and close my love will grow. Let us wait," he said.
"It would be useless," she answered.
"Stay," he said stiffly, "do you love anyone else?"