The girl and the guardsman . I havecome to say. I have the right tosay it. I shall say it. Even at my expense, Hadleigh .?Even if I insist that I have the rightto ask you not to say it ? Hadleigh faced about in his chair.** Look here. Barton, some thingswont wait for settlement. Andthere are other rights than yoursand mine. As for that, Hadleigh, those other rights will not be imperilled 167 THE GIRL &- THE GUARDSMAN by your silence at this time. Iknow all that you would say tome. Believe me, those things neednot be said. The occasion is past. Barton had seated himself on theedge of the couch.
The girl and the guardsman . I havecome to say. I have the right tosay it. I shall say it. Even at my expense, Hadleigh .?Even if I insist that I have the rightto ask you not to say it ? Hadleigh faced about in his chair.** Look here. Barton, some thingswont wait for settlement. Andthere are other rights than yoursand mine. As for that, Hadleigh, those other rights will not be imperilled 167 THE GIRL &- THE GUARDSMAN by your silence at this time. Iknow all that you would say tome. Believe me, those things neednot be said. The occasion is past. Barton had seated himself on theedge of the couch. Past ? Hadleigh looked up.** How can the occasion bepast? Nevertheless/ retorted Barton,sternly, it is past. Suppose I thought Hadleigh arose and liftedhis hand. I see that you are notwell to-day. Barton. God knows,you have had a tough time of understand — You would do wrong to thinkdifferently, broke in the other, hisface white. You should take myword — without forcing me to say i68. I ^ .t THE GIRL & THE GUARDSMAN more. I have spoken very have said that — that there isnothing to be said. For several moments there wassilence between them. Barton wasbreathing heavily. Hadleigh stoodnear the veiled portrait, his eyes setupon the tortured face of his he spoke again. Barton, I went to see her thismorning. It was very early. Ihad nt been able to sleep —not forthe arm, but for thinking of thisthing. She was not at home. Thegirl did nt know where she hadgone, but I got it into my headsomehow that she had come here. ** She did come here. ** And if she came here, pro-ceeded Hadleigh, resolutely, ** her coming was not without a meaning 169 THE GIRL <&- THE GUARDSMAN — a meaning which I have the right to read. Though I were not yourfriend, Barton, I still should notwish to claim the hand of a girlwho loved another. She loves — Hadleigh, listen to me. Bar-ton arose, his arms crossed. Youhave claimed the right
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