2/14 He saw no sign of weakening in Rosalie. She would not let him look into her brave little heart, and so he turned his back upon the field and fled to Boston, half beaten, but unconsciously collecting his forces for the strife of another day. He did not know it then, nor did she, but his love was not vanquished; it had met its first rebuff, that was all. Every one winked slyly behind his back, for, of course, Tinkletown understood it all. He would come back often and then not at all--for the magnet would go away with him in the end. |