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"Don't you know that I'm afraid of you?"
Again he was silent,
"I don't understand you," he said at last. "I don't know what it is you want."
"Nothing for myself. I only want you to be a little less unhappy."
She felt him stiffen and his voice was very cold when he answered.
"You're mistaken in thinking I'm unhappy. I have a great deal to much to do to think of you very often."
"I have wondered if the nuns would allow me to go and work at the convent. They are very shorthanded and if I could be of any help I should be grateful to them."
"It is not easy work or pleasant work. I doubt if it would amuse you long."
"Do you absolutely despise me, Walter?"
"No." He hesitated and his voice was strange. "I despise myself."
Again he was silent,
"I don't understand you," he said at last. "I don't know what it is you want."
"Nothing for myself. I only want you to be a little less unhappy."
She felt him stiffen and his voice was very cold when he answered.
"You're mistaken in thinking I'm unhappy. I have a great deal to much to do to think of you very often."
"I have wondered if the nuns would allow me to go and work at the convent. They are very shorthanded and if I could be of any help I should be grateful to them."
"It is not easy work or pleasant work. I doubt if it would amuse you long."
"Do you absolutely despise me, Walter?"
"No." He hesitated and his voice was strange. "I despise myself."