My poor darling, we have come to a hard place in life, but we can do the only thing left to us--our duty." Fay's heart contracted, and she suddenly ceased sobbing.

She had never thought of this horrible possibility that he would leave her.
She drew the hand that clasped hers to her lips and held it tightly against her breast.
"Don't leave me," she stammered, trembling from head to foot, from sheer terror at the thought; "I will be good.

I will do what is right.

We are not like other people.

We can trust each other.