All the kindness is to be on my side; and you are to be very distant, as behoves to a young maiden; except when I invite you.

But you may kiss my hand, John; oh, yes, you may kiss my hand, you know.

Ah to be sure! I had forgotten; how very stupid of me!' For by this time I had taken one sweet hand and gazed on it, with the pride of all the world to think that such a lovely thing was mine; and then I slipped my little ring upon the wedding finger; and this time Lorna kept it, and looked with fondness on its beauty, and clung to me with a flood of tears.
'Every time you cry,' said I, drawing her closer to me 'I shall consider it an invitation not to be too distant.

There now, none shall make you weep.

Darling, you shall sigh no more, but live in peace and happiness, with me to guard and cherish you: and who shall dare to vex you ?' But she drew a long sad sigh, and looked at the ground with the great tears rolling, and pressed one hand upon the trouble of her pure young breast.
'It can never, never be,' she murmured to herself alone: 'Who am I, to dream of it?
Something in my heart tells me it can be so never, never.'.