"I do not understand how you could doubt, for I have shown my deep interest in you even from the first.

If I have lately seemed to avoid you, it has only been because I believed you wished it so." A slight flush tinged the pallor of her cheeks, while the long lashes drooped over the eyes, concealing their secrets.
"Life is not always as easy to live aright as it appears upon the surface," she confessed.

"I am learning that I cannot always do just as I should like, but must content myself with the performance of duty.
Shall we not be seated ?" There was an embarrassing pause, as though neither knew how to get through the interview.
"No doubt you are rejoiced to be sent on active service again," she said, at last.
"Yes, both as a soldier and as a man, Miss Naida.

I am glad to get into the field again with my regiment, to do my duty under the flag, and I am equally rejoiced to have something occur which will tend to divert my thoughts.

I had not intended to say anything of this kind, but now that I am with you I simply cannot restrain the words.