and to believe me, on my word, in what I have just told you. It is the truth. Sir Percival, the truth which I think my promised husband has a claim to hear, at any sacrifice of my own feelings. I trust to his generosity to pardon me, and to his honour to keep my secret.”
“Both those trusts are sacred to me,” he said, “and both shall be sacredly kept.”
After answering in those terms he paused, and looked at her as if he was waiting to hear more.
and to believe me, on my word, in what I have just told you. It is the truth. Sir Percival, the truth which I think my promised husband has a claim to hear, at any sacrifice of my own feelings. I trust to his generosity to pardon me, and to his honour to keep my secret.”
“Both those trusts are sacred to me,” he said, “and both shall be sacredly kept.”
After answering in those terms he paused, and looked at her as if he was waiting to hear more.
