She had no thought for themselves.
Their end of the enterprise never came into her considerations. She
was thinking of Jeff. Solely of Jeff--the man she loved better than
her life.
* * * * * *
The change in Elvine was no less marked than it was in Jeff. But it
was a change in a wholly different direction. She was deeply subdued,
even submissive in her attitude. But now after the first crisis and
its accompanying pain, a general relief was apparent. A relief which
anything but indicated the hopelessness which had at the first
overwhelmed her. She was not hopeless. Therein lay the key of the
matter.
From the time when she had passed through those moments of frenzied
despair, after Jeff's return from Orrville, her decision had been taken
with lightning celerity. Her back was to the wall, and she meant to
fight for all she yearned, desired, by every art she possessed. She
knew nothing of the reason which had made her husband return to her.
It was sufficient that he had done so.
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