She was intently watching Mr.Sarrazin's face.
"There is danger threatening us," she said.

"Do you see a way out of it ?" To persist in trying to spare her was plainly useless; Mr.Sarrazin answered her directly.
"The danger of legal proceedings to obtain possession of the child," he said, "is more near and more serious than I thought it right to acknowledge, while you were in doubt which way to decide.

I was careful--too careful, perhaps--not to unduly influence you in a matter of the utmost importance to your future life.

But you have made up your mind.

I don't scruple now to remind you that an interval of time must pass before the decree for your Divorce can be pronounced, and the care of the child be legally secured to the mother.