"Will you come up?
It is so long since I have seen you." "Yes--it is long.

I hope the time is soon coming when there shall be no more of such separation." "Is it?
Is it indeed ?" "I trust it is." "I suppose as a maiden I ought to be coy, and say that I would prefer to wait; but, dearest love, sorrow and trouble have banished all that.
You will not love me less because I tell you that I count the minutes till I may be your wife." "No; I do not love you less on that account.

I would have you be true and faithful in all things." Though the words themselves were assuring, there was something in the tone of his voice which repressed her.

"To you I am true and faithful in all things; as faithful as though you were already my husband.

What were you saying of a time that is soon coming ?" He did not answer her question, but turned the subject away into another channel.