The Lion And the Lark
“she said softly. “I wouldn’t have spent the last several weeks trying to keep you alive if I did.” He regarded her expressionlessly. “You don’t believe me?” Bronwen asked. “My memory of our last evening together is far too vivid for me to believe you,” he said flatly. Bronwen could not meet his eyes. “I regret my behavior on that occasion,” she said to him softly. “I spoke hastily, Claudius, I was much too harsh.” “But you meant the essence of what you said?” he asked, s...till holding on to her. Bronwen continued to stare at the floor. He released her. She looked up at him, his face hollowed with illness and shadowed by his beard, his eyes burning. “I understand,” he said dully. “A person in my condition cannot be exposed to so ugly a truth for a second time. It’s one thing to tell a healthy man that his touch defiles you, but another to repeat such a thing to an invalid.” Bronwen winced when he voiced her regrettable words. “You don’t like hearing that?”MoreLess
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