God knows I make no pretence to virtue, and yet I think I had been something more than human had I not refused you and the bargain you offered--a bargain that you would never be called upon to fulfil if I did the thing you asked." At last she interrupted him; she could bear it no longer.
"I had not thought of it!" she cried.

It was a piteous wail that broke from her.

"I swear I had not thought of that.

I was all distraught for poor Richard's sake.

Oh, Mr.Wilding," she turned to him, holding out a hand; her eyes shone, filmed with moisture, "I shall have a kindness for you.., all my days for your...