Excerpt: ...unconsciously. "If papa had told me!" she said, in a low voice--"if he had only told me--before he died." "It was out of love," said Marsham; "but yes--it would have been wiser--kinder--to have spoken." She started. "Oh no--not that. But we might have sorrowed--together. And he was always alone--he bore it all alone--even when he was dying." "But you, dearest, shall not bear it alone!" cried Marsham, finding her hand again and kissing it. "My first task shall be to comfort you--to make you forget." He thought ...
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Excerpt: ...unconsciously. "If papa had told me!" she said, in a low voice--"if he had only told me--before he died." "It was out of love," said Marsham; "but yes--it would have been wiser--kinder--to have spoken." She started. "Oh no--not that. But we might have sorrowed--together. And he was always alone--he bore it all alone--even when he was dying." "But you, dearest, shall not bear it alone!" cried Marsham, finding her hand again and kissing it. "My first task shall be to comfort you--to make you forget." He thought she winced at the word "forget." "When did you first guess--or know?" He hesitated--then thought it best to tell the truth. "When we were in the lime-walk." "When you asked--her name? I remember"--her voice broke--"how you wrung my hand! And you never had any suspicion before?" "Never. And it makes no difference, Diana--to you and me--none. I want you to understand that now--at once." She looked at him, smiling tremulously. His words became him; even in her sorrow her eyes delighted in his shrewd thin face; in the fair hair, prematurely touched with gray, and lying heavily on the broad brow; in the intelligence and distinction of his whole aspect. "You are so good to me--" she said, with a little sob. "No--no!--please, dear Oliver!--we have so much to talk of." And again she prevented him from taking her in his arms. "Tell me"--she laid her hand on his persuasively: "Sir James, of course, knew from the beginning?" "Yes--from the beginning--that first night at Tallyn. He is coming down this afternoon, dearest. He knew you would want to see him. But it may not be till late." "After all, I know so little yet," she said, bewildered. "Only--only what Fanny told me." "What made her tell you?" "She was angry with me--I forget about what. I did not understand at first what she was saying. Oliver"--she grasped his hand tightly, while the lids dropped over the eyes, as though she would shut out even his face as she asked her question--"is it true...
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