"Don't! My new friends are part of the new life.

You wouldn't have me cling to the old any longer than I can help?
Why, you and I together have sat here hour after hour and prayed for a change, prayed for the mystic treasure that might come to us from those ships of chance.

Dear, if mine comes first, it brings good for you, too.

You can't believe that I should forget ?" For the first time in his life he bent over and kissed her upon the lips.

She suffered his caress not only without resistance but for a single moment her arms clasped his neck passionately.