'His truth? Never.'
'Nein, not his truth. But you have doubted him, yet. What cause had he to doubt your word?'
'Appearances. They were all against me. But there is no use in trusting, unless you trust.'
'Has Olaf done you wrong, you think, and no cause?'
'I did not come to complain of him,' said the girl quickly. 'ButI had nobody to speak toand I wasdying by inches.'
'Suppose you complain, dear,' said the old woman, with a smile which was anything but unsympathetic. 'Complain, and make the worst of it; then we will know how to begin. Say all he has done, as bad as it is, and we will see what it means, maybe.'
The wistful eyes looked up at her, then down again. She answered softly:
'He thought, he had reason to think, that I had broken my promise.
And he did not wait, nor try, for an explanation. That is one thing.'
'How could he have reason to think that, my lady?'
'Because of something I could not help,' said Hazel. 'You know that can be,' she added with an appealing look, as if to see whether Gyda doubted her too.