But he held her fast, saying earnestly,—

“What have I done? You are angry. Tell me my fault and I will amend.”

“You have deceived me.”

“How?”

“Will you own the truth?” and in her eagerness to set her fears at rest,

Amy forgot Helen.

“I will.”

She could not see his face, but his voice was steady and his manner

earnest.

“Tell me, then, is not your true name Sigismund Palsdorf?”

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