"It is the curse," she said, at last, unsteadily. "When you are strong again you—you must go away."
"Am I really in danger?" he asked very softly. "Under the old conditions of the curse, you know?"
Her eyes wavered.
"Your life has been attempted," she whispered.
"I mean to stay," he replied, somewhat breathlessly, "until that curse has done its worst on me—or until you love me!"
CHAPTER XIV
FEAR FORGOTTEN—AND RECALLED
The color slipped away, then flooded back to Nell Harley's cheeks and brow. Her fine eyes brightened, then dimmed sweetly. She withdrew her hand from his, and turned away.
"Until you love me," repeated Rayton, in a dry voice that strove to be both commonplace and courageous. "If—if that is not to be," he continued, "then I will go away."