You have saved me from that.

Now let us put the whole subject away for a time.

How I wish that you could stay here for a few days." The girl smiled a little piteously.
"I ought not to have left her even for so long as this," she said.

"I must go back to-morrow morning by the first train." He nodded.

He felt that it was useless to combat her resolution.
"You and I," he said, gravely, "have both our burdens to carry.