She then begged him not to come out of the parlor, or the servant would see him.
"That is a trifle," said Walter.

"I am going to obey you in greater things than that.

Ah! Mary, Mary, you don't love me as I love you!" "No, Walter," said Mary, "I do not love you as you love me, for I respect you." Then her lip trembled, and her eyes filled with tears.
Walter fell on his knees, and kissed her skirt several times; then ended with her hand.

"Oh, don't harbor such a thought as that!" said he.
She sobbed, but made no reply.
They parted good friends, but chilled.
That made them both unhappy to think of.
It was only two, or at the most three, days after this that, as Mary was walking in the garden, a nosegay fell at her feet.

She picked it up, and immediately found a note half secreted in it.