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"'Evidence!' You have no evidence."
"No? What about that night at Taboga? You were mad over the fellow
then, but you didn't think I saw. That day I caught you together
in the jungle--have you forgotten that? Didn't you think it
strange that I should be the one to discover you? Oh, I pretended
to be blind, but I followed you everywhere I could, and I kept my
eyes open."
"You saw nothing, for there was nothing."
"He's been with you day and night. You have been together
constantly, and I knew what was going on. But I waited, because I
wasn't strong enough to revolt--until to-night. Oh, but to-night I
was strong! Something gave me courage."
In all their married life she had never known him to show such
stubborn force. He was like granite, and the unbelievable change
in him, upsetting all her preconceived notions of the man,
appalled her. There had been times in the past when they had
clashed, but he had never really matched his will with hers, and
she had judged him weak and spiritless. Now, therefore, failing to
dominate him as usual, she was filled with a strange feeling of
helplessness and terror.
"You had no right to accept such evidence," she stormed.
"Bah! Why try to fool me? I have your own words for it.
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