Can I trust you not to abuse my kindness ?' 'You mean-- ?' 'That it will be wholly dishonourable if you make any attempt to discover her after this.

Do so, and we are friends no longer.' 'How can you exact any such promise as that ?' 'Because I am within my right in exacting it.

I make a bargain with you, Walter.

For two years from now Thyrza remains under my guardianship.

At the end of that time, you are at liberty to see her.