I can feel it.

Her happiness is the only dear thing left on earth fer me.

And that's why I'm your friend." In the silence that followed his words the door opened and closed and he was gone.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Betty awoke with a start.

She was wide awake in a second.

The moonbeams came through the leaves of the maple tree near her window and cast fantastic shadows on the wall of her room.