Madame Olenska looked at him. \"Well, then—I don't understand.\"
Archer reddened, and hurried on with a rush. \"We had a frank talk—almost the first. She thinks my impatience a bad sign.\"
\"Merciful heavens—a bad sign?\"
\"She thinks it means that I can't trust myself to go on caring for her. She thinks, in short, I want to marry her at once to get away from some one that I—care for more.\"
Madame Olenska examined this curiously.
Madame Olenska looked at him. \"Well, then—I don't understand.\"
Archer reddened, and hurried on with a rush. \"We had a frank talk—almost the first. She thinks my impatience a bad sign.\"
\"Merciful heavens—a bad sign?\"
\"She thinks it means that I can't trust myself to go on caring for her. She thinks, in short, I want to marry her at once to get away from some one that I—care for more.\"
Madame Olenska examined this curiously.
