"For I do not love you"; and her voice had lost its gentleness and grown cold and hard.

Chayne began again, but whether it was with a renewal of his plea, she did not hear.

For she broke in upon him quickly: "Please, let me finish.

I am, as you said, a little over-wrought! Just hear me out and leave me to bear my troubles by myself.

You will make it easier for me"; she saw that the words hurt her lover.