"I heard you say once that if she were away from her mother one might make
anything they liked of her," said he, more quietly. "I shall make a second
Dexie of her if the thing is possible, for I'll see to it that she keeps
her tongue quiet till it suits her face!"
This was uttered in such a tone that Dexie shuddered. His outbursts of
passion seemed less devilish than this quieter expressed determination, for
it was accompanied with a glint in his eyes that reminded her forcibly of
that memorable boat sail, and her voice was less firm as she replied:
"I cannot think you are in earnest, Mr. McNeil; you would not wreck
another's life for merely an unfortunate resemblance! No! I cannot think it
of you; but it is wicked to say it, even in jest!"
"Would you take even that small comfort from me?" he said, almost fiercely.
"Do you know what love is, and think that I can bear the burden of solitude
that you have laid upon my life; even the solace of your shadow denied me,
while you have everything!"
"There! I think you two had better say no more," Guy firmly though
smilingly remarked. "You will be quarrelling in earnest the first thing I
know.
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