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"Yes, you did," Toby said, coh for the devil

"And it wasstick fro her into his arms "My God, Isabel, I--"

"No, wait!" She pushed away from him "Toby, I came here to talk to you"

"By all "

"I caly "That you …?"

"That I’ry at you!"

His face shuttered "Oh" He shifted his weight, flicking a self-conscious gaze sideways

"That’s what you’ve cory atinto fists "Yes You need to know You need to see er in her chest--"ary"

"I see"

"No, you don’t How could you? I didn’t see it until just today I’el And I can’t be mad Didn’t you tell me, if you’re aware that you’re mad, you’re not ry I get angry, all the tis I can’t hope to correct, like injustice and violence and oppression I get angry at things years in the past--at row up alone, atan inte ry when people o positively livid when I see atoward her

"No, you don’t," she insisted, tears stinging her eyes "You couldn’t possibly understand You’ve always been happy, always been so loved You can’t knohat it’s like, to see people in pain and feel that suffering, all tangled up with your own To need soood … or you’ll si, please Leta finger at hiry I could stick thery I’ll club thean to ain" To Toby she asked, "What did he want, anyway?"

Toby tilted his head and regarded the cruure "He wanted le bubbled up from her chest "That’s what I meant to ask of you, too" She tapped the man’s shoulder with the toe of her boot "So sorry"

"I can’t withdraw ue in"

"So?" Bel asked

"So … he’s ancient, deaf, and insane" Toby crossed his arood conscience Besides, isn’t this what you wanted? You wanted a husband in Parliament"

"I wanted you," she blurted out Her hand went to her throat "I wanted you, fro you into all these political and charitable roles ever since, so I could pretend I had some nobler cause in mind But I didn’t I just wanted you"

"Isabel …" He caain, arms open

"No" She stayed hiry yet"

"Oh" His arht I’ll just… wait for you to do the e, then"

"That would be best" She sniffed "Toby, of all the things and people I’ry at you I trusted you, and you lied to ive you … but that doesn’t , but I’rier still at how deeply you’ve made me care" Tears leaked from the corners of her eyes, and she dabbed at them impatiently "You made me love you, Toby, so much I could hate you for it" She smothered a sob with her palm "I’ve never said that to anyone before"

"The part about love?" he asked

"No," she choked out through tears "The part about hate"

Froood and the bad He brought all her passions to the surface, when she’d worked so long to subdue the She just didn’t knohat to do Fortunately, he see his hands on her shoulders "I’ to wait for you to do the eainst his strong, solid chest, shedding tears and soot all over his coat

"Hush, love," he said, rocking her gently "It’s all right Haven’t I told you, tihtly and tilted her face to his "You’re beautiful when you’re angry"

She kissed hihtened her arms around his neck, stretched up on tiptoe, and kissed hi spectators, in front of six ood heavens, in front of her brother

And it onderful Everyone cheered Even the uns

Well, perhaps not her brother

"Don’t do this," she said, between nibbles at his lips "It’s not too late to withdraw from the race"