"And it has all remained in your imagination. It has gone on only in your thought. To the last the evil temptation has been resisted?"
There was silence. The tears had rolled down her cheeks. She pressed her handkerchief against them and sat upright. She was summoning her resolution; and again, leaning a little toward Deronda's ear, she began in a whisper,

"And it has all remained in your imagination. To the last the evil temptation has been resisted?"
There was silence. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She pressed her handkerchief against them and sat upright, summoning her resolution; and began again in a whisper-
