MADAME DE TREYMES
thought out my side of the case. As far as material circumstances go, I have worked long enough and successfully enough to take my ease and take it where I choose. I mention that because the life I offer you is offered to your boy as well." He let this sink into her mind before summing up gravely: "The offer I make is made deliberately, and at least I have a right to a direct answer."
She was silent again, and then lifted a cleared gaze to his. "My direct answer then is: if I were still Fanny Frisbee I would marry you."
He bent toward her persuasively. "But you will be—when the divorce is pronounced."
"Ah, the divorce———" She flushed deeply, with an instinctive shrinking back of her whole person which made him straighten himself in his chair.
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