28/45 At last she said slowly, as though she were becoming a little more conscious of the world around her:-- 'It's awfully kind of them. But we needn't stay long.' 'Oh no, we needn't stay long.' Bridget wrote the letter, and disappeared to post it. Nelly was left alone in darkness. The air about her seemed to be ringing with the words of her letter. I have found a man going back to D.H.Q.who will post this--and I just want you to know that, whatever happens, you are my beloved, and our love can't die. |