“ Until now? “ He asked
“ Not quite. As soon as I had all I wanted of her, I dropped her. She pursued me here today after combing the city for me, and it struck me as a rich opportunity to force her to confess everything to you. I wanted you to hear from her directly, It was no pretty sight, was it? “
Ariel shuddered. “ It was horrible! And you were really cruel “ she laughed
“ Not too cruel. She wronged you and betrayed me into new doubts of you over Pascale Fedore, just when I had begun to realise I loved you enough to forgive what you had done to; just when there seemed a chance that if we both tried, we could make a real marriage out of the ugly travesty we had, that I could give myself to you completely and you could be mine completely “
“ That was-the night you took me out on
