"Then you must know the truth—that if you kill this man I can never——"
"Never what?"
"Never marry you."
"Why?"
"His blood would stand between us."
"Do you mean that you—love him?"
Her dark eyes met his steadily.
"I don't think I mean that, Manuel. How could I mean that, since I love you and am betrothed to you? Sometimes I hate him. He is so insolent in his daring. Then, too, he is my enemy, and he has come here to set this happy valley to hate and evil. Yet, if I should hurt him, it would stand between us forever."
"I am sorry."
"Only sorry, Manuel?"