23/48 "Trust me, I will! There shall be good hours, now. I'll watch you, till I know surely without a word from you what you are thinking and feeling and wanting. Trust me, dearest!" "With all my heart and the rest of my life," she answered, a smile responding to his words, and she resumed her story: "I extracted from my father a promise that every week he should write to me and tell me how Mr.Hine was and where they both were. And to that--at last--he consented. They have been away together for two months, and every week I have heard. |