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"Yes, I shan't be able to forgive him if he does not realize all

the gravity of it. Better not tell; why put him to the proof?"

she thought, still staring at him in the same way, and feeling

the hand that held the leaf was trembling more and more.

"For God's sake!" he repeated, taking her hand.

"Shall I tell you?"

"Yes, yes, yes...."

"I'm with child," she said, softly and deliberately. The leaf in

her hand shook more violently, but she did not take her eyes off

him, watching how he would take it. He turned white, would have

said something, but stopped; he dropped her hand, and his head

sank on his breast. "Yes, he realizes all the gravity of it," she

thought, and gratefully she pressed his hand.