32/40 There is no room in my thought for anything but her memory and the desire to find her. Let us say good-bye, Mrs.Ormonde.If I am wrong and selfish as you say, then it is beyond my power to conquer the faults.' The listener heard a deep sigh. Then: 'Walter, sit down; you are not going from me like that.' 'I can't stay; I can't talk as you wish to! I am so utterably miserable, and I came to you because I had always known you gentle and sympathetic.' 'I would never be anything else with you. But listen--have you entirely forgotten Annabel ?' 'She is as little to me as if I had never seen her. You cannot say that I have any obligation to her. |