"My answer?
Why, it is simplicity itself--because I was never Mrs.Le Fevre, but am rightfully Mrs.Dupont." "Do you mean you were never married to Le Fevre ?" "What else could I mean ?" "Then he lied." She shrugged her white shoulders.
"That would not surprise me in the least.

'T was a characteristic of the man you had ample reason to know.

How came you to believe so easily ?" "Believe?
What else could I believe?
Everything served to substantiate his boast.

I was in disgrace, practically drummed out of camp.

There was nothing left for me to live for, or strive after.