"Are you in trouble?
Is it something I can aid you to overcome ?" She did not answer at once but rested her chin in one hand, and turned her eyes away.

Her breath came swiftly, as though she had not yet recovered from fright, and her face in the dim light looked white and drawn.
"Yes, you can," she began slowly, "I am sure you can.

I--I came to you because there was no one else in whom I felt the same confidence.

I know that sounds strange, but I cannot explain--only it seems natural to trust some people even when you do not know them very well.

I do not suppose I know you very well; just those few hours we were together, but--somehow I think you are true." "I certainly hope so," he put in earnestly.