It was father who came nearer it.
He saved me." "Yes, I saw; but you had fallen.

I couldn't get through the crowd until you had gone.

And I wanted to KNOW." "Mary--would you--have minded ?" he said.
There was a long interval before she answered.
"Yes." "Then why--" "Yes, Bibbs ?" "I don't know what to say," he cried.

"It's so wonderful to hear your voice again--I'm shaking, Mary--I--I don't know--I don't know anything except that I AM talking to you! It IS you--Mary ?" "Yes, Bibbs!" "Mary--I've seen you from my window at home--only five times since I--since then.

You looked--oh, how can I tell you?
It was like a man chained in a cave catching a glimpse of the blue sky, Mary.