27/41 I am here to help you--if you will accept my help." "You are here to torture me!" she flung back fiercely. "You are here to force me down into hell, and lock the gates upon me!" His hold tightened upon her. He leaned slightly towards her. "I am here to conquer you," he said, "if you will not conquer yourself." The sudden sternness of his speech, the compulsion of his look, took swift effect upon her. She cowered away from him. |