Love that hath us in the net
Can he pass and we forget?

She made a little movement of flinching, but the next moment she
turned back to him with absolute steadfastness. "Guy, you and I
are friends, aren't we? We never could be anything else."

"Oh, couldn't we?" said Guy.

"No," she maintained resolutely. "Please let us remember that!
Please let us build on that!"

He looked at her whimsically. "It's a shaky foundation," he said.
"But we'll try. That is, we'll pretend if you like. Who knows?
We may succeed."

"Don't put it like that!" she said. "Be a man, Guy! I know you
can be. Only yesterday----"

"Yesterday? What happened yesterday?" said Guy. "I never remember
the yesterdays."

"I think you do," she said. "You did a big thing yesterday. You
saved Burke."

"Oh, that!" He uttered a low laugh. "My dear girl, don't canonize
me on that account! I only did it because those swine wanted to see
him burn."