Ent to her mother, and laid her head upon Lysbet's shoulder. "Look now, Joris. One must know the 'why' and the 'wherefore.' What mean you? _Whish, mijn kindje_!" "This I mean, Lysbet. No more meetings with the Englishman will I have. No love secrets will I bear. Danger is with them; yes, and sin too." "Joris, if he has spoken to you, then where is the secret?" "Too late he spoke. When worked was his own selfish way, to tell me of his triumph he comes. It is a shameful wrong. Forgive it? No, I will not,--never!" No one answered him; only Katherine's low weeping broke the silence, and for a few moments Joris paced the room sorrowful and amazed. Then he looked at Lysbet, and she rose and gave her place to him. He put his arms around his darling, and kissed her fondly. [Illustration: "Listen to me, thy father!"] "_Mijn kindje_, listen to me thy father. It is for thy happy life here, it is for thy eternal life, I speak to thee. This man for whom thou art now weeping is not good forthee. He is not of thy
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