Therefore he said, humbly.

"I beg your pardon.

In my heart I believe you worthy of all trust.

I will wait and be as patient as you desire, since I know that you cannot have failed to understand me." Then he added, with a deprecating laugh, "There are times, I suppose, when all men are a little blind and unreasonable." "Heaven keep him blind!" she thought, yet she winced under his honest words in their contrast with herself.
"I hope some day to prove worthy of your trust," she breathed, softly, and looked in dread into the darkness lest in some way her words should reach Arnault.

"Come, please," she added, with a gentle pressure on his arm, "let us return, or the hotel may be closed upon us." "Please give me all the time you can," pleaded Graydon, as they paused at the door.
Looking within, she saw Arnault with his back toward them, and said, hastily, and as if impulsively, "I will--all that I can.