She realized it as a hand to hand
fight with Kieff. But she would win. She was bound to win. So
she told herself. No power of evil could possibly triumph
ultimately, and she knew that deep in his inmost heart Guy
acknowledged this. However wild and reckless his words, he did not
really expect to see her waver. He might be the slave of evil
himself, but he knew that she would never share his slavery. He
knew it, and in spite of himself he honoured her. She believed he
would always honour her. And this was the weapon on which she
counted for his deliverance, this and the old sweet friendship
between them that was infinitely more enduring than first love.
She believed that her influence over him was greater than Kieff's.
Otherwise she had not dared to pit her strength against that of the
enemy. Otherwise she had waited to beg the help of Kelly, who
always helped everyone.
The thought of Burke she put resolutely from her. Burke should
never know, if she could prevent it, how low Guy had fallen. If
only she could save Guy from that, she believed she might save him
from all. When once his eyes were opened, when once she had beaten
down Kieff's ascendancy, the battle would be won. But she must act
immediately and with decision. There was not a moment to lose. If
Guy were not checked now, at the very outset, there would be no
saving him from the abyss.
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