Upon hearing this, Orville Quiller did not speak. A faint shadow flickered in his deep, dark eyes, only to vanish as quickly as it appeared, as if it had never been there at all.Seeing that he was silent, Evelyn Bert did not urge him impatiently. Instead, she turned and sat on a nearby chair, waiting patiently.Madam Quiller's condition was truly terrible. Even for her, there was a sense of helplessness. Her skills were useless here, and even though she had anticipated this outcome from the very beginning, she hadn't expected it to come so soon.Rather than forcing Orville Quiller to make a decision, she was more like giving him a heads-up.After all, Madam Quiller was Orville Quiller's mother, and he had the right to know everything about her situation and the facts.As time slowly passed, Orville Quiller came back to his senses from his own world.His deep, dark eyes gazed at Evelyn Bert's fair, delicate face, meeting her tea-brown eyes. On his handsome, unparalleled face, the
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