Wonder filled her face.

"Why, this is a deed of the homestead property--worth three times as much!" she said.
"Why--why do you do this ?" "Remember that questions ruin people sometimes," he answered, and stepped to the door and turned the handle, as though to show her out.
She was agitated and embarrassed now.

She felt she had been unjust, and yet she felt that she could not say what ought to be said, if all the rules were right.
"Thank you," she said simply.

"Did you think of this when--when you handed me back the ring ?" "I never had an inspiration in my life.

I was born with a plan of campaign." "I suppose I ought to--kiss you!" she said in some little confusion.
"It might be too expensive," he answered, with a curious laugh.