He will give you everything to make life attractive.
Surely this is but a mere whim!"
"Have you found me to be a nervous girl, full of whims?"
"No, certainly not, but--"
"And this is no whim, no mood. I cannot tell, cannot explain all that
has of late caused me to distrust Captain Le Gaire, only I do not feel
toward him as I once did. I never can again, and if you insist on this
marriage, it will mean to me unhappiness--I am, sure of that."
"But what can we do at this late hour! Everything is prepared, arranged
for; even the minister has arrived, and is waiting."
She stood before him, her hands clasped, trembling from head to foot,
yet with eyes determined.
"Will you delay action a few moments, and send Captain Le Gaire to me?
I--I must see him alone."
He hesitated, avoiding her eyes and permitting his glance to wander
about the room.
"Please do this for me."
"But in your present mood--"
"I am perfectly sane," and she stood straight before him, insistent,
resolute. "Indeed I think I know myself better than for months past. I
shall say nothing wrong to Captain Le Gaire, and if he is a gentleman he
will honor me more for my frankness. Either you will send him here to
me, or else I shall go to him."
The major bowed with all the ceremony of the old school, convinced of
the utter futility of further argument.
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