But the next moment he turned on her defiantly. "I'll not learn!
If this was the only way for me to meet you, then I'll not regret a
single thing I've done. I'll not! I'll not! I'll not pay! It
all comes back to me, just what I said before. What couldn't we
do, _together_?--I need you--I need you!"
"You must go to your room. You've been standing for an hour."
"But I've been with you. I can't hope for another hour like this.
You'll be leaving me. But I'd live the hour over again--in hell
with you!"
"I told you, when we all gave parole, that I would exact my price
of you, in regret, in remorse."
"You shall not have it in regret, I'll not regret. But I'm paying!
See, I'm telling you you may go, that you must go--away from me."
CHAPTER XX
THE ART OF DOCTOR JAMIESON
Eleazar proved a faithful messenger once more. Before the evening
shadows had greatly lengthened, three figures appeared at the
lower end of the approach to Tallwoods mansion house.
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