"I don't know why it is, but I don't seem to realize you're a married woman." "Am I playing the part so badly as all that ?" "Is it a part ?" he cried eagerly.
She shook her head.

His face fell again.

She could hardly fail to note the change.
"No, it's a stern reality," she said.

"I wish it wasn't." It seemed a bold confession, but it was easy to understand.

Sam had been an old school-fellow of his, and David had not thought highly of him.