Let me alone for a little, and I daresay I
shall be more sensible."
I sat by her in much perplexity, feeling singularly helpless and
ineffective; and in a moment of weakness, not knowing what to do, I
wished that Amroth were near me, to advise me; and to my relief saw him
approaching, but also realised in a flash that I had acted wrongly, and
that he was angry, as I had never seen him before.
He came up to us, and bending down to Cynthia with great tenderness,
took her hand, and said, "Will you stay here quietly a little, Cynthia,
and rest? You are perfectly safe now, and no one will come near you. We
two shall be close at hand; but we must have a talk together, and see
what can be done."
Cynthia smiled and released me. Amroth beckoned me to withdraw with him.
When we had got out of earshot, he turned upon me very fiercely, and
said, "You have made a great mess of this business."
"I know it," I said feebly, "but I cannot for the life of me see where I
was wrong."
"You were wrong from beginning to end," he said. "Cannot you see that,
whatever this place is, it is not a sentimental place? It is all this
wretched sentiment that has done the mischief.
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