I love you, Carleton, love you to eternity as I promised; but I shall never seek you again, and you can go on your way unperturbed.

I have consolations here," laying her hand on her breast.

"It will no longer be my portion to watch your face for signs of a failing regard.
What I have is mine, and that is the undying memory of two months of perfect happiness." She would have said more, but she saw that he had been greatly shaken.
She feared the renewal of a flame not yet altogether extinct in a heart which once beat for her alone, and so contenting herself with a low farewell, she was turning swiftly away, when one last thought made her pause and say: "I cannot return you your ring.

It is lost.

I was careless with it and it fell unnoticed from my hand.