25/91 "You! Frightened! Never!" "But I am. I've been terribly fr-frightened all night; and that Sister Anna Petrovna, he (she sometimes confused her pronouns) sleeps like a log. How can he? Oh, Mr.Durward, I'm so ashamed!" Then, suddenly, desperately clutching my hand: "Mr.Durward, you'll never tell any one, any one never.... Promise!" "Never a soul," I answered. |