30/32 I've done what I never thought to do again--what I was fighting down to make myself safe enough for you to marry--_you_ to marry!" She laughed, but the mirth rang shockingly false. I'll have some more presently. Does it concern you ?" "I think so, Geraldine." "You are wrong. Neither does what you've been doing concern me--the kind of man you've been--the various phases of degradation you have accomplished----" "What particular species of degradation ?" he asked wearily, knowing that Dysart was now bent on his destruction. |