Men together, when they like each other,
talk of politics, or perhaps of money; but I doubt whether they ever
really tell their thoughts and longings to each other."
"Are women more communicative?"
"Yes; certainly. What is there I would not tell you if you. cared to hear
it? Every thought I have is open to you if you choose to read it. I have
that feeling regarding you that I would keep nothing back from you. Oh,
Frank, if you understood me, you could save me--I was going to say--from
all unhappiness."
She did it so well that he would have been more than man had he not
believed some of it. She was sitting almost upright now, though her feet
were still on the sofa, and was leaning over towards him, as though
imploring him for his aid, and her eyes were full of tears, and her lips
were apart as though still eager with the energy of expression, and her
hands were clasped together. She was very lovely, very attractive, almost
invincible. For such a one as Frank Greystock opposition to her in her
present mood was impossible. There are men by whom a woman, if she have
wit, beauty, and no conscience, cannot be withstood.
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