"Yes."
"I should think he is certain to do so."
"Why I did it, and what tempted me, and ... and everything?"
"Yes, indeed, everything."
"Do you think he will think kindly of me then, and forgive me and be merciful?"
"I am sure he will."
A mysterious glow came into the pallid face.
"Even if he never learns the truth here, he will learn it hereafter, won't he? Don't you believe in that, Elena—that the dead know all?"
"If I didn't, how could I bear to think of Bruno?"
"True. How selfish I am! I hadn't thought of that. We are in the same case in some things, Elena."