“I never felt more devoted to you than at this moment!” Bernard declared, smiling still.
Gordon had fixed his sombre eyes upon the girl again.
“Do you understand me now?”
Angela looked back at him for some instants.
“Yes,” she murmured at last.
“And will you wait, and give me another chance?”
“Yes,” she said, in the same tone.
Bernard uttered a quick exclamation, but Angela checked him with a glance, and Gordon looked from one of them to the other.
“Can I trust you?” Gordon asked.
“I will make you happy,” said Angela.