? ? ? ? But before he did so he called gently to Jane upon the opposite side of the sailcloth partition, for he wished to apologize, but he might as well have addressed the Sphinx. Then he wrote upon a piece of paper and shoved it beneath the partition.
? ? ? ? Jane saw the little note and ignored it, for she was very angry and hurt and mortified, but--she was a woman, and so eventually she picked it up and read it.
My Dear Miss Porter:
? ? ? ? I had no reason to insinuate what I did. My only excuse is that my nerves must be unstrung--which is no excuse at all.
? ? ? ? Please try and think that I did not say it. I am very sorry. I would not have hurt YOU, above all others in the world. Say that you forgive me.
Wm. Cecil Clayton.
? ? ? ? "He did think it or he never would have said it," reasoned the girl, "but it cannot be true--oh, I know it is not true!"
? ? ? ? One sentence in the letter frightened her: "I would not have hurt YOU above all others in the world.
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