It is difficult, also, for him to be gentle
instantly after having been in a rage. So he changed his tactics at
the moment, and came to the point at once in a manner befitting his
present state of mind.
"Those vile wretches have put me in such a heat," he said, "that I
hardly know what I am saying. But the fact is this, Miss Damer, I
cannot leave Cairo without knowing--. You understand what I mean, Miss
Damer."
"Indeed I do not, Mr. Ingram; except that I am afraid you mean
nonsense."
"Yes, you do; you know that I love you. I am sure you must know it.
At any rate you know it now."
"Mr. Ingram, you should not talk in such a way."
"Why should I not? But the truth is, Fanny, I can talk in no other
way. I do love you dearly. Can you love me well enough to go and be
my wife in a country far away from your own?"
Before she left the top of the Pyramid Fanny Damer had said that she
would try.
Mr. Ingram was now a proud and happy man, and seemed to think the steps
of the Pyramid too small for his elastic energy. But Fanny feared that
her troubles were to come.
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