There was nothing in her glance to indicate that she comprehended the depth of his suffering.
"Yes," she said, with a drawing in of her full lips.
"When I leave you--if you really mean that--it will be to leave Mount Hope!" said he appealingly.
The savage vigor that was normally his had deserted him, his very pride was gone; a sudden mistrust of himself was humbling him; he felt wretchedly out of place; he was even dimly conscious of his own baseness while he was for the moment blinded to the cruelty of her conduct.

Under his breath he cursed himself.

By his too great haste, by a too great frankness he had fooled away his chances with her.
"That is more than I dared hope," Evelyn rejoined composedly.
"If I've offended you--" began Gilmore.
"Your presence offends me," she interrupted and looked past him to the door.
"You don't mean what you say--Evelyn--" he said earnestly.
"My cook might have been flattered by your proposal; but why you should have thought I would be, is utterly incomprehensible." Gilmore's face became livid on the instant.

A storm of abuse rushed to his lips but he held himself in check.

Then without a word or a glance he passed from the room..