"What is it ?" "Can't you see?
Together, down there; you and I!...

As my wife! Both of us, never to be lonely again!...

Will you marry me, Ruth ?" As many a wiser woman had done, Ruth mistook thrilling eagerness for love.

Love and companionship.

A fire enveloped her, a fire which was strangely healing, filling her heart with warmth, blotting out the menace of the world.