[Eve’s Ransom by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookEve’s Ransom CHAPTER XXVII 7/9
And you didn't care for my thanks." "I do now." "Then I thank you.
With all my heart, again and again!" Her voice trembled under fulness of meaning. "You find life pleasant ?" "You do, I hope ?" she answered, as they paced on. "Not unpleasant, at all events.
I am no longer slaving under the iron gods.
I like my work, and it promises to reward me." Eve made a remark about a flower-bed.
Then her voice subdued again. "How do you look back on your great venture--your attempt to make the most that could be made of a year in your life ?" "Quite contentedly.
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