So Anne declined to see you, eh ?" "I don't believe Anne had a voice in the matter.

Mrs.Tresslyn is at the back of all this.

She is the one who has roped you in,--duped you, or whatever you choose to call it without resorting to profanity.

She's forcing Anne into this damnable marriage, and she is making a perfect fool of you.

Can't you see it?
Can't you see--but, my God, how can I ask that question of you?
When a man gets to be as old as you, he--" He broke off abruptly, on the point of uttering the unforgivable.
"Go on, my boy," said Templeton Thorpe quietly.