but after a moment he felt her stiffening in his arms, and she put him aside and stood up.
\"Ah, my poor Newland—I suppose this had to be. But it doesn't in the least alter things,\" she said, looking down at him in her turn from the hearth.
\"It alters the whole of life for me.\"
\"No, no—it mustn't, it can't. You're engaged to May Welland; and I'm married.\"
He stood up too, flushed and resolute. \"Nonsense! It's too late
but after a moment he felt her stiffening in his arms, and she put him aside and stood up.
\"Ah, my poor Newland—I suppose this had to be. But it doesn't in the least alter things,\" she said, looking down at him in her turn from the hearth.
\"It alters the whole of life for me.\"
\"No, no—it mustn't, it can't. You're engaged to May Welland; and I'm married.\"
He stood up too, flushed and resolute. \"Nonsense! It's too late
