Still those last words made her tremble; she could not trust herself to reply to them.
He accepted the bending of her head as a reply.
"Are you interested in her ?" he asked next.
She faintly answered this time.

"Yes." "Have you encouraged her ?" "I have not dared to encourage her." His face lighted up suddenly with enthusiasm.

"Go to her," he said, "and let me go with you and help you!" The answer came faintly and mournfully.

"She has sunk too low for that!" He interrupted her with a gesture of impatience.
"What has she done ?" he asked.
"She has deceived--basely deceived--innocent people who trusted her.

She has wronged--cruelly wronged--another woman." For the first time Julian seated himself at her side.