[The Yellow Crayon by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Yellow Crayon CHAPTER XX 7/15
She was very pale, except for a faint spot of pink colour in her cheeks. "It is very hard to find, then," she said, speaking quickly, her bosom rising and falling, her eyes always seeking to hold his.
"To-night you see what I have done--I have, sent away my friends--and my carriage. They may know me here--you see what I have risked.
And I don't care. You thought to-night that I was your enemy--and I am not.
I am not your enemy at all." Her hand fell as though by accident upon his, and remained there.
Mr. Sabin was very nearly embarrassed.
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