“Dear, do you think there is not one heart in the world? Look up, and tell me; I cannot let you go!”
She was silent a moment, still trembling greatly.
“John, you will hate me!”
“No! no! no!”
“Your father—”
His hands tightened on hers.
“My life, courage!”
“Your father killed my father, John!”
“Child!”
“And I—I tried to win revenge.”