“And his word also?”
“Is it not better to break one’s word than to make life one long lie?”
“It would be a sin against society.”
“Perhaps you are right,” she said; “but I would rather be an outcast than a hypocrite.”
Simple and reflective as her words were, they stung the man like the thongs of a scourge.
“Joan!”
His voice startled her; she turned and looked in his face, read pain there and a tumult of thought.
“What have I said?” she asked him.
“You despise me!”
“Gabriel!”