12/28 Polly is here." "Polly is a good girl; she understands. A word, then, if you must drive me away." "Your _parole!_" "I can pass the sentries. No fear of the patrol hereabouts. Your hand-- let down your hand to me. I can reach it from the parapet here--with my fingers only, not with my lips, though even that you never forbade!" Weakly, she lowered her arm over the sill. |