To avail myself of what has since happened to make a deeper impression on her feelings than you might approve would have seemed to me unpardonable treachery." "You do utterly misunderstand me," he answered.

"It may be that Eveena has received an impression which will not be effaced from her mind.

It may be that this morning, could I have foreseen it, I should have decidedly wished to avoid anything that would so impress her.

But that feeling, if it exist, has been caused by your acts and not by your words.

That you should do your utmost, at any risk to yourself, to save her, is consistent with what I know of your habit of mind, and ought not much to surprise me.