He went to his work in a mixed frame of mind, but certainly without that dragging weight which had oppressed him when he entered the room. Gradually, through the night, he realised the conviction that he had escaped, and threw from him altogether the idea of repeating his offer. Before he left he wrote her a line--
Be it so. It need not break our friendship.
N. B.
This he sent by a special messenger, who returned with a note to his lodgings long before he was up on the following morning.
No;--no; certainly not. No word of this will ever pass my mouth.
M. C.

He went to his work in a mixed frame of mind, but certainly without that dragging weight which had oppressed him when he entered the room. Gradually, he realised that he had escaped, and rejected the idea of repeating his offer. Before he left he wrote her a line:
Be it so. It need not break our friendship.
N. B.
This he sent by a special messenger, who returned with a note to his lodgings.
No; certainly not. No word of this will ever pass my mouth.
M. C.
