But I am not a prudent person--I can never look, as you can, to consequences.

You won't betray me, Stella?
If I am doing wrong in telling a secret which has been trusted to me, it is my fondness for you that misleads me.

Sit down again.

You shall know what the misery of Romayne's life really is." With those words, she told the terrible story of the duel, and of all that had followed it.
"It is for you to say," she concluded, "whether Romayne is right.

Can any woman hope to release him from the torment that he suffers, with nothing to help her but love?
Determine for yourself." Stella answered instantly.
"I determine to be his wife!" With the same pure enthusiasm, Penrose had declared that he too devoted himself to the deliverance of Romayne.