reg ard
her as a
fool,
rather
than
preserve a
silence
which
might be
deemed a
treachery
to him,
and which
somehow
seemed a
wrong to
these. 32
This pe
nitential
mood kept
her from
naming the
wed
dingday.Th
e
Tbeginning
of
November
found its
date still
in
abeyance,
though he
asked her
at the
most tem
pting tim
es.But T
ess's
desire
seemed to
be for a
perp etual
betrothal
in which
everything
should
remain as
it was
then. The
