If he had asked me for my life, I must have given it to him as freely as I gave him my love.

From the first hour in which I saw him he was my master.'" "This Mr.Holbrook was very fond of her, I suppose ?" "I daresay he was, sir; but he was not a man that showed his feelings very much.

They used to go for long walks together, though it was March and cold windy weather, and she always seemed happier when he brought her home.

He came every evening to drink tea with her, and I used to hear them talking as I sat at work in the next room.

She was happy enough when he was with her.