9/48 I am not quite without blame--we men never are in such cases. If I reproach you, I must reproach myself as well--" "Reproach yourself!--ah no! What can you say against yourself ?" she could not keep the love out of her voice, if she would; her bitterness had been for herself. "I am to blame in one way or another. Will you let the matter rest ?" "And let bygones be bygones, and be friends to each other, as we were this morning ?" she asked, with a ray of hope. |