11/297 She had addressed him as Mr.Clifford, but he had forbidden that, saying-- "To you my name is Mark--let none other pass your lips!" "Only come into his presence. You need not speak to him, nor look towards him. This is all I ask." "But, the humiliation of going back after my resentment of his former treatment," said Mark. "I can bear anything but this bending of my pride--this humbling of myself to others." "Don't think of yourself, Mark," replied Jenny. "Think of your grandfather, on whom your absence has wrought so sad a change. |