30/31 They had never been of him,--only of herself. The two sat within the green and swaying fountain of the willow, and time went by on eagle wings. Too soon came the slave to call them to the house; the time within, though spent in the company of Darden and his wife, passed too soon; too soon came the long shadows of the afternoon and Haward's call for his horse. She did not know that it was so. That night, in her bare little room, when the candle was out, she kneeled by the window and looked at the stars. |