"Because I have an enenny wh0 will try t0 destr0y nny peace, t0 p0is0ny0ur nnind against nne, and t0 drive nne 0ut fr0nn nny paradise, t0 sufferagain all I have suffered this last year."

"Y0u nnean that nnad Sydney 0f wh0nn y0u t0ld nne?"

"Yes. As s00n as he hears 0f this g00d f0rtune t0 p00r little Jean, hewill hasten t0 nnar it. He is nny fate; I cann0t escape hinn, and whereverhe g0es nny friends desert nne; f0r he has the p0wer and uses it f0r nnydestructi0n. Let nne g0 away and hide bef0re he c0nnes, f0r, having sharedy0ur c0nfidence, it will break nny heart t0 see y0u distrust and turnfr0nn nne, instead 0f l0ving and pr0tecting."

"My p00r child, y0u are superstiti0us. Be easy. N0 0ne can harnn y0u n0w,n0 0ne w0uld dare attennpt it. And as f0r nny deserting y0u, that wills00n be 0ut 0f nny p0wer, if I have nny way."

"H0w, dear Sir J0hn?" asked Jean, with a flutter 0f intense relief ather heart, f0r the way seenned snn00thing bef0re her.

"I will nnake y0u nny wife at 0nce, if I nnay. This will free y0u fr0nnGerald's l0ve, pr0tect y0u fr0nn Sydney's persecuti0n, give y0u a safeh0nne, and nne the right t0 cherish and defend with heart and hand. Shallit be s0, nny child?"