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His eyes hardened Honour A strange word Meaning nothing—and everything

She should have told ht from the start that she could not marry me because she was still involved with another ht have wanted to knohy she was notthis man if he meant so much to her as to have an affair with him—but he would not have persisted in his hopes and plans for a dynasticin Fournatos

But she had said nothing Why? She had been vociferous enough on the whole subject of the kind of e that was commonplace in his and Aristides’ circles Vociferous and scathing Yet not a word on the one subject that would have put an instant stop to the whole notion

About that she had kept completely silent

Keeping it her little secret…

Her dirty, dishonourable secret

Not worth disclosing

Again in his head he heard her indignantly self-justifying outburst ‘It wasn’t a real e…’

Did she really think that gave either of thenore its existence? Did she really think that hat he had done? Had she actually thought that he would continue with other woe?

I gave her no cause to think that None! And she knows it!

No, she had just trotted out that convenient disclai to make out he was as culpable as she! Just to exonerate her own despicable behaviour

He felt anger knife through hi it seemed to white out in his head

She went to him from me…

From my bed to his…

The violence of his emotion shook him