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You are too proud and cold to love him, or anybody else, and he doesn't care for you a millionth part as much as he cares for me; yet just because you have money and fame he has left me for you. And I love him so I love him so!" Here Quenelda's sobs choked her utterance, and her torrent of words was stopped by tears.
But her interest was immediately aroused when she saw that Quenelda's usually rosy face was white with anguish, and the girl's pretty eyes swollen with many tears. "What is the matter, dear?" asked Elisabeth, with that sound in her voice which made all weak things turn to her. "You are in trouble, and you must let me help you." Quenelda broke out into bitter weeping.
He would never forgive me for having spoiled his life, and taken away his chance of being rich." And Quenelda's tears flowed afresh. Elisabeth put her strong arm round the girl's slim waist. "Don't cry, dear; I will make it all right. I will just tell him that I can't marry him because I don't love him; and he need never know that I have heard about you at all."
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