I be? He told me in Boston that he knew you; that he'd met you in England I think.\"
\"Ellen—I must ask you one thing.\"
\"Yes.\"
\"I wanted to ask it after I saw him, but I couldn't put it in a letter. It was Riviere who helped you to get away—when you left your husband?\"
His heart was beating suffocatingly. Would she meet this question with the same composure?
\"Yes: I owe him a great debt,\" she answered, without the least tremor in her quiet voice.
I be? He told me in Boston that he knew you; that he'd met you in England I think.\"
\"Ellen—I must ask you one thing.\"
\"Yes.\"
\"I wanted to ask it after I saw him, but I couldn't put it in a letter. It was Riviere who helped you to get away—when you left your husband?\"
His heart was beating suffocatingly. Would she meet this question with the same composure?
\"Yes: I owe him a great debt,\" she answered, without the least tremor in her quiet voice.
