"That will take a few days at least," she gravely considered. "I shall have plenty of time to wind up my small affairs in this country--I shall be ready, Michael, whenever you wish to go."
He hung his head and shook it wearily. "It is impossible," he said. "Surely you must know now mine isn't a life I can ask the woman I love to share."
"Then," she made believe to sigh--"if you insist on having it that way--I can only presume you wish me to divorce you on the grounds of desertion."
She went straightway to his bosom, clung to it in tears and laughter. "Will you ever forgive me--I wonder!--for taking advantage of your helplessness? As soon as possible after that accident, as soon as you were able to talk--we were married!"
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