human
And why? Katinka flung back her head and her nostrils dilated.
gpt
Because you stole his heart that he might do your evil bidding. But he loves me now--with all his heart and soul he loves me now. I went to Tomsk to aid his escape; I followed to Sakhalin. I waited and waited, eating my heart out. Oh, my heart! she laid her hand on her breast;
human
she fell on her knees, striking her hands together--
gpt
He aided us to reach the waiting ship of Strange, and----
human
Strange! Leah rose, shaken and sick.
gpt
Strange!
human
The man you bribed with six thousand pounds to take your sin on his soul. I know all about your wickedness; Strange knows; Constantine knows. We will tell the world what we know; and you, shamed, disgraced, beaten, hounded out of your world--ah, down will you fall--fall--unless----
gpt
Unless? Leah, gripping a chair and swaying, looked up.
human
Unless?
gpt
You come to Southend to see Constantine.
human
I refuse.
gpt
Then I tell everything. I go to your husband. Leah, in spite of her pain, laughed at the idea.
human
I go to your police. I tell----
gpt
Stop, I shall come, since you insist upon it.
human
I do--Constantine likewise. He is ill--very ill; his eyes are blinded by the glare of the snows whither you sent him; he is--oh, my poor angel, my patient saint!--he is---- Stopping abruptly, she looked with an evil eye at the woman she had so shamefully marked.
gpt
I will leave you to see the wreck you have made of him. You will come?
human
But I can explain all,
gpt
Explain it, then, to Constantine, said her enemy, contemptuously.
human
I go now. Meet me to-morrow at Liverpool Street Station--at the barrier. We can go to Southend by the five o'clock train. Constantine is on board Strange's ship, which lies off Southend.
gpt
Ah! Then you mean to----
human
Carry you away? No; you are not worth it.
gpt
You--you---- she clenched her hands, and panted like a spent runner.
human
You have said all; I agree to all.