[The Firing Line by Robert W. Chambers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Firing Line CHAPTER XXIX 11/12
I am capable of being what you think I am.
Don't you know it, Garry? It is only--" [Illustration: "And locked in his embrace, she lifted her lips to his."] She felt a cool, thin pressure on her finger, and glanced down at the ring sparkling white fire.
She lifted her hand, doubling it; looked at the gem for a moment, laid it against her mouth.
Then, with dimmed eyes: "Your love, your name, your ring for this nameless girl? And I--what can I give for a bridal gift ?" "What sweet nonsense--" "What can I give, Garry? Don't laugh--" "Calypso, dear--" "Yes--Calypso's offer!--immortal love--endless, deathless.
It is all I have to give you, Garry....
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