Then she lifted her head and clasped her hands about his neck.

"Is it not strange," she continued, "that I should have felt so sure of seeing you?
My reason kept telling me that my hopes were absurd, but a stronger feeling full of the breath of certainty seemed to assure me that you would be here.

It impelled me to come, though I feared you after we crossed the wall.

But reason, fear, and caution were powerless to keep me away." "You did not know my voice," said John, "nor did you penetrate my disguise.

You once said that you would recognize me though I wore all the petticoats in Derbyshire." "Please don't jest with me now," pleaded Dorothy.