It has been worth more to me than I can tell you to hear you say that." He looked into her face for one moment.

She read his love for her in that look, but he did not speak.
When they separated Rachel went into the house and, sitting down in her room, she put her face in her hands and said to herself: "I am beginning to know what it means to be loved by a noble man.

I shall love Rollin Page after all.

What am I saying! Rachel Winslow, have you forgotten--" She rose and walked back and forth.

She was deeply moved.
Nevertheless, it was evident to herself that her emotion was not that of regret or sorrow.