I would have given in, I think, very soon, but I met you." Her hand tightened in his and then, because he felt that her body was trembling, he put his arm round her and held her.
"I knew then when I loved you that I was being urged, by this God, to confess everything to you.

I became frightened; I should have trusted you, but it was so great a risk.

You were all that I had and if I lost you life would have gone too.

Those aren't mere words.

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