Later we shall have MUCH to say of her.

For," he added quietly, "you know I must tell her all." The color faded from her cheek.

"Tell her all!" she repeated vacantly; then suddenly she turned upon him eagerly, and said, "But what if she is gone ?" "Gone ?" he repeated.
"Yes; gone.

What if she has run away with Van Loo?
What if she has disgraced you and her child ?" "What do you mean ?" he said, seizing both her hands and gazing at her fixedly.
"I mean," she said, with a half-frightened eagerness, "that she has already gone with Van Loo.

George! George!" she burst out suddenly and passionately, falling upon her knees before him, "do you think that I would have followed you here and told you what I did if I thought that she had now the slightest claim upon your love or honor?
Don't you understand me?
I came to tell you of her flight to Boomville with that man; how I accidentally intercepted them there; how I tried to save her from him, and even lied to you to try to save her from your indignation; but how she deceived me as she has you, and even escaped and joined her lover while you were with me.