kindly
forgive
me, and
look at it
cheerfully?”
“Cheerfully!
Can a man
fooled to
utter
heart-burning
find a
reason for
being
merry? If
I have
lost, how
can I be
as if I
had won?
Heavens
you must
be
heartless
quite! Had
I known
what a
fearfully
bitter
sweet this
was to be,
how would
I have
avoided
you, and
never seen
you, and
been deaf
to you. I
tell you
all this,
but what
do you
care! You
don’t
care.” She
returned
silent and
weak
denials to
his
