In a moment she went on: "But we can't go.

We can't go.

Oh, my dear, my dear, can't you guess?
Can't you think ?" She looked imploringly into his eyes.
A new wonder came into his.

Could it be true?
Could it?
He took both her hands and held them tightly and stood up, towering over her, and trembling violently.

"Is it--is it-- ?" he cried and stopped as if afraid to complete the question.
She smiled a wan smile up at him and nodded her head as she answered: "The union of our lives is to be complete.