Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"But there will be, there is sure to be," she urged.

But he could only shake his head sadly.

"Why do you want to know?" he questioned finally.

Saxon poured her heart out to him. She told of her first year of
happiness with Billy, of the hard times caused by the labor
troubles, of the change in Billy so that there was no love-life
left, of her own deep horror. Not if it died, she concluded. She
could go through that again. But if it should live. Billy would
soon be out of jail, and then the danger would begin. It was only
a few words. She would never tell any one. Wild horses could not
drag it out of her.