In a moment she was crying, too.

He took her hand and kissed it repeatedly, the tears falling on it as he did so.
"God bless ye! God bless ye!" he cried.
In that moment of self-revelation their hearts went out to each other.
Neither had known happiness nor love, nor faith in mankind.
In that one enlightening moment of emotion their hearts were laid bare to each other.

The great comedy of life between man and woman had begun.
From that moment their lives were linked together..