But they certainly are not.

I know better.

You also know now with me that destiny, and not I, struck Geta out from among the living." Here he sat for some time in breathless silence.

Then he asked Melissa: "You understand now how I came to shed my brother's blood ?" She started, and repeated gently after him: "Yes, I understand it." Deep compassion filled her heart, and yet she felt she dare not sanction what she had heard and deplored.

Torn by deep and conflicting feelings she threw back her head, brushed her hair off her face, and cried: "Let me go now; I can bear it no longer!" "So soft-hearted ?" asked he, and shook his head disapprovingly.