"Has he released you from that rash engagement, of some years since, which pledged you to marry him?"
"No."
"Did he allude to the engagement, on this occasion?"
"He said he held to it as the one hope of his life."
"And what did you say?"
"I implored him not to distress me."
"Did you say nothing more positive than that?"
"I couldn't help thinking, Hugh, of all that he had tried to do to save Arthur. But I insisted on leaving him—and I have left him."
"Do you remember what he said at parting?"
"He said, 'While I live, I love you.'"